The redefinition of the cognitive subject: the act of intellection as knowledge

Abstract

This work analyzes the intentionality of human beings as cognoscente subjects, a preponderant factor to reaffirm their way of being and the knowledge of the environment in which they stablish relationships. Afterwards, there is a twist as there is the intention of reaffirming this nature, which in some cases results in something alien, that is to say, human beings are at a crossroads where they leave their modal character aside and can end up becoming an object in the midst of objects, losing all capacity for intellection and, therefore, falling into pointlessness. The methodology is framed in an analytical-reflective and historical-critical process, in contrast to practical questioning; the educational process as one of the factors where people fulfill themselves, from stances taken by some authors who have made significant contributions among which are: Lonergan, Husserl, Scheler, Locke (classical thinkers), and taking into account documents and articles that complement their contributions, as well as the connotations of different thoughts, where some analogies are made regarding the proposed topic. Finally, the conclusions have to do with the first approach: human beings cannot dispense with their immanent nature of reaching the knowledge of the objects, which are alien to their way of existing and which can be comprehended by the human intellect.