The nexus responsibility/ relationship /research. The ‘hard problem’ of the pedagogy and the apology of the questions

Abstract

This paper intends to address the responsibility/relationship/research nexus, recognizing in it the ‘difficult problem’ of pedagogy and, contextually, in the Luhmannian perspective, the semantic reference point for its future development. In this way, the theory of Problemstellung meets the deep ecological perspective, the essence of which can be synthesized precisely in the capacity to make more radical questions, the only ones able to put us in a position to regain the experience of connection with the whole net of life and, therefore, our full humanity. The argumentation will be conducted by initially justifying the choice of the responsibility/relationship nexus, which identifies in relationship the closest meaning of the concept of pedagogical responsibility in the modern world. The meaning of the concept of relationship in pedagogy will therefore be analyzed, using, as heuristic devices of the investigation, the Morinian predicates of knowledge. Only at the end of this review, the future paths of pedagogical research will be outlined.