La metafisica come filosofia delle differenze antropologiche

This paper aims to examine the relevance of Bontadini’s analysis of «Contemporaryism». Bontadini introduced this historical-philosophical category to denote that contemporary philosophy is primarily characterized by a strong anti-metaphysical perspective on knowledge and experience. In order to evaluate the inconsistency of this «Anti-Metaphysicism» – exemplified by Neopositivism – the paper will first emphasize the role of Bontadini’s «Neoclassical Philosophy» in the broader context of Western philosophy’s development. Consequently, the historical and theoretical significance of Neoclassical Philosophy will be highlighted through its metaphysics, understood as a rational discussion of «anthropological differences». In this regard, the paper will ultimately underscore the originality of Bontadini’s non-dogmatic conception of metaphysics, which is based on acknowledging the richness of experience and the capacity for reason to be open-ended.