ACHIEVING PROBLEMGESCHICHTE: A METHODOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION TO PROBLEM HISTORY

Abstract

This article analyses the methodological apparatus set forth by O. G. Oexle, in his mainly
studies Oexle’s works entitled L’historisme en débat: de Nietzsche à Kantorowicz, Krise des
Historismus, Krise der Wirklichkeit, and Das Problem der Problemgeschichte. This paper
emphasizes the development of Oexle’s methodology, its theoretical implications and its
applicability in the Latin American context. The consequences of this methodology for the
social and natural sciences in contemporary academy remain of vital importance for this
paper.