ES FALSEABLE LA TEORÍA MIMÉTICA?: GIRARD, POPPER, Y LA MUERTE DE SIMÓN BOLÍVAR.

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    • Alternate Title:
      CAN MIMETIC THEORY BE FALSIFIED? GIRARD, POPPER AND SIMÓN BOLIVAR'S DEATH.
    • Subject Terms:
      COLOMBIA
    • Subject Terms:
      BOLIVAR, Simon, 1783-1830; GIRARD, Rene, 1923-2015; POPPER, Karl Raimund, Sir, 1902-1994; CHAVEZ Frias, Hugo, 1954-2013
    • Abstract:
      Girard's theory about myths is clearly verifiable: there are plenty of myths where, in the midst of a sacrificial crisis, a victim is executed, social peace is reestablished, and the victim emerges as a god. But, it is doubtful that such a theory can be falsified: Girard himself has written that those myths where there is no violence, are also founded on the scapegoat mechanism, but community has erased any traces of violence. If we are to follow Popper's falsasionist criterion, then mimetic theory is not scientific. To illustrate this difficulty, I evaluate Hugo Chávez's recent theory according to which Simón Bolivar was murdered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      La teoría de Girard sobre los mitos es claramente verificable: abundan mitos en los que, en medio de una crisis sacrificial, una víctima es ejecutada, la paz social se restablece, y la víctima surge como un dios. Sin embargo, es dudoso que esta teoría pueda ser falseada: el mismo Girard ha sostenido que aquellos mitos en los que no hay violencia, también están fundados en el mecanismo del chivo expiatorio, pero la comunidad se ha encargado de borrar los rastros de violencia. Si hemos de seguir el criterio falsasionista de Popper, entonces la teoría mimética no puede pretender ser científica. Para ilustrar esta dificultad, evalüo la reciente teoría de Hugo Chávez segün la cual, Simón Bolívar fue asesinado. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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