Abstract

The article tries to outline a general theory of context, by answering four questions: 1.why the concept of context is important? 2. what is usually meant by this term? 3. which metaphysical reasons have led to the relevance of context, in any tendency of contemporary philosophy? 4. which are the reasons, limits and mistakes of negative contextualisms ? The basic idea is that the concept of context is a good opportunity, more than a thread or limit, for philosophical theory