ABSTRACT
Before delving into the final thoughts that comprise this book, and for those who have reached this final chapter after following its complete sequence, I believe there is a calibration worth making: the concepts, the idée-forces and theoretical reflections discussed all along cannot be reduced to ready-made, turn-key elements that happen to be available and usable as if they were simply guarded in a secret treasure chest. There should be no illusion that this process, this adventure, serves sic at simpliciter to interpret the present, diagnose its limits and eventually prescribe solutions. However, as clearly stated in Che Cos’è la Filosofia? (2016), philosophical thought is an endeavour that triggers such questions while rarely supplying clear-cut answers; rather, it expands the problem in various fields, generating questions and, again, asking questions. My purpose is not to rely on the strength of philosophical thoughts as isolated entities. Instead, I would suggest that philosophy presents new questions to architects rather than ‘hiding’ in a ‘shortcoming’ of philosophy, in opening up new questions without offering insights to already existing ones which may very well be more pressing.
