Abstract
This article is intended to give support to the idea of the importance of including humanistic studies in higher education, particularly philosophy .
What is culture and how is it carried out in higher education?
In order to carry out culture in higher education, so that it will not only be an specialized education but also becomes a real universal education, it is necessary for the process of search and critic transmission of knowledge to take place within the vital unity of each person. This is a humanistic context and is especially a step towards total or fundamental knowledge. Philosophy is –precissely- this fundamental knowledge. The possibility of transcending all types of reductionism is found in philosophy. Philosophy also allows the task of articulating knowledge and so attain the function of culture in higher education. Another task that belongs to humanities –and to philosophy in a more proper sense- is that of triggering the student’s own reflection capacity and attitude upon the information they constantly receive. This effort enables the students to reach their own thought and criteria. It is not useless to make reference to a possible responsibility of humanistic and philosophic studies: that of guiding the students ethically

Palabras clave
Cultura, formación, unidad interior, unidad en los estudios generales y profesionales, unidad de los saberes, unidad de la enseñanza, estudios generales, área de cultura general, sofística, síntesis pragmática, saber fundamental , funciones mentales, criterio, ética.

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Sacerdote, Doctor en Ciencias Jurídicas de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, doctor en derecho Canónico de la Universidad de Navarra, Filosofía-Teologia por la Universidad de Navarra. Actualmente es Capellán de la Universidad Sergio Arboleda y Asesor en el Área de Humanidades de la misma.