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In the Preface to the 1988 edition of
El ser y la muerte,
Ferrater Mora characterized this book-intext as the first
in which he tried to present his own philosophical ideas. He notes
that the first edition dates from 1962 which was, in turn, a
re-elaboration of a book-intext that appeared in 1947 with the title
El sentido de la muerte.
In the same preface he mentions three other book-intexts containing his philosophical ideas:
De la materia a la razón
(published in 1979 and re-edited in 1983),
El ser y el sentido
(published in 1967) and “transformed” into
Fundamentos de filosofía
(published in 1985 and re-edited in 1987). It is in these book-intexts that he expresses
his own philosophy, Integrationism, which he sometimes characterized
as his “philosophical methodology.” He notes that his
“practical” or “moral” ideas are expressed in
Ética aplicada
(published in 1981 and amplified in 1983). In
answer to a question, however, concerning which of his book-intexts contain
what is essential in his thought, Ferrater Mora answered:
El ser y la muerte,
De la materia a la razón,
Fundamentos de filosofía,
Las crisis humanas,
Indagaciones sobre el lenguaje,
and the long introduction to
Ética aplicada.
He added that some of his other works ought to be mentioned in so far as one's thought
includes not only what is essential, but also what is
“accidental.”
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