The theory of resistance here elaborated is based on considerations current
since the 18th century and concern the proof of reality of the external
world. However, what is ignored in the course of these proofs are the
social, psychological, and in particular the logical aspects of resistance.
The idea of a theory of resistance is inspired by tendencies in the
philosophy of technology, as well as other current philosophical and
scientific lines of thought that obscure their metaphysical underpinnings,
advocating a position of complete achievability of human and natural
relations. The theory of resistance seeks to show that resistance is a
reflexive term that concerns relations, not objects or those relations that
can be expressed in qualities and quantities. Furthermore, this concept has
a positioning role, important in epistemological, as well as ethical and
anthropological sense. Resistance is a central, although not the sole
characteristic of reality. As an ethical category, it is articulated, for
example, in the idea of dignity if understood as hostility to mere
typologization and subjection to calcu?lation. The theory of resistance does
not advocate some existing reality, but limits the domain of validity of
constructivist and narrativist theories.