The questions over the endeavors of the humanities and social sciences have the merit of being renewed with each generation and context. Philosophy is no exception and one question emerges: why is philosophy useful for research? In this article we contribute an answer to such a question, considering the study of philosophy in Mexican education to exemplify our reflection, which was motivated by the issue that philosophy is being overlooked and even excluded from education and research training in Latin American countries. Hence, we also discuss the importance of philosophy as a research tool that should be more prominent in undergraduate and graduate programs.

关于人文科学和社会科学事业的问题具有随时代和环境而更新的优点。哲学也不例外，一个问题浮出水面：为什么哲学对研究有用？在本文中，我们考虑到墨西哥教育中的哲学研究来举例说明我们的反思，从而为这一问题做出了回答。这一反思的动机是，哲学被忽视，甚至被排除在拉丁美洲国家的教育和研究培训之外。因此，我们还讨论了作为研究工具的哲学的重要性，该哲学应该在本科生和研究生课程中更加突出。