Debate en torno a la enseñanza de la lógica en 1880: una experiencia histórica

Abstract

The teaching of Logic in Mexico was the cause of a debate of great importance in 1880, after the decision by Ignacio Mariscal, Minister of Justice and Public Instruction, to use the Krausist text, Logic, the Science of Knowledge, by G. Tiberghien, instead of the positivist book, Logic, Deductive and Inductive, by Alexander Bain, as the intellectual guide for the students of the National Preparatory School (nps). The change of textbook lead to the debate among numerous intellectuals of the nps, the Chamber of Deputies, and the world of the press, giving rise to rich considerations about the usefulness of logic in daily life, its metadisciplinary character, its value in the academic formation of students and the construction of citizenship. Though from the 19th century, this debate and its reconstruction in this article allow us to reflect on the current didactics and teaching of Logic in Mexico.