Ortega y Gasset and the technicalization of the world

Abstract

From the meditations developed by the Asturian thinker about technique, we present some passages of his work that help us clarify the function of the critical-philosophical formation concerning the technological education and the instrumental rationality governing these days. We insist that the vitalist critique to world technicalization outlined by Jose Ortega y Gasset is preceded by an anthropological conception which inspires and guides the current Spanish American philosophical reflection that tries to critically reflect upon the fictions and illusions created under the protection of the imposed policies to globalize the higher education technicalization, the social action programming and the renunciation to vital projects.