Signposts for a theory of the encounter between rationalities

The author distinguishes two features of the encounter between rationalities: a postulate, and a problem. The postulate concerns the existence in the history of different societies and civilizations of rationalities defined by experts in the various academic disciplines relating to society, humanity and philosophy. He focuses on the problem of the encounter, outlining some pointers to its clarification and discussing it particularly in its historical sense, referring to past experiences. Copyright © ICPHS 2004.