Climate change seen from the perspective of the Contemporary Knowledge Revolution

Abstract

The accelerated development of science and technology has been one of the characteristic features of the late 20th century and early 21st century. This has caused profound changes in the conception of knowledge, which in turn have caused transformations in daily material and spiritual life and in relationships with other humans and nature. These changes have replaced the stability that prevailed for centuries and created, independent of their successes, unknown emerging problems that put the future of humanity in great uncertainty, such as climate change. This work aims to make a reflective analysis of how to confront the problem of climate change from the perspective of this Contemporary Revolution of Knowledge, proposing new paradigms related to the need to conceive a second-degree epistemology, the change from the simplistic ideal to that of complexity, the consideration of environmental problems in a holistic way, assuming in all decisions between humans and nature a global bioethics that provides social responsibility, and the introduction of a new integral, ecological, and intercultural economy.

Keywords: Contemporary revolution of knowledge, Climate change, Emerging problems, Bioethics.