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    Biopoder e Colonialidade
    with Elzahrã Mohamed Radwan Omar Osman
    Dissertatio 57 162-187. 2023.
    O presente artigo pretende realizar uma aproximação entre os pressupostos do projetoepistêmico decolonial e daquele de Michel Foucault relativamente às suas análises histórico-políticas e àfilosofia como atitude crítica. Para tanto, categorias como Estado e raça deverão ser perscrutadas emambos os projetos visto que congregam conceitos e teorizações importantes sobre a modernidade, obiopoder e a colonialidade.
  •  110
    The Problem of Induction: a New Approach
    British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 36 (2): 129-145. 1985.
    The problem of induction is formulated as a set of three questions, namely: ‘What is the nature of the attitude of acceptance that we adopt in relation to certain theories?’ ‘What are the rules according to which we select those theories which we accept?’ and, ‘What is the justification for the adoption of those rules?’. An original answer is proposed for each question in turn, with the help of the new concepts of sub-theory, established sub-theory, aberrant, arbitrary and degenerate theories. T…Read more
  •  28
    RESUMO O tema do artigo é a proliferação de más condutas na ciência que vem ocorrendo nas últimas décadas, designada ao longo do texto pelo termo "a epidemia". As más condutas são violações de normas éticas da ciência, sendo os tipos mais importantes as várias modalidades de fraude, e de falsidades autorais. O artigo divide-se em seis seções. Na primeira, apresenta-se o tema e alguns esclarecimentos terminológicos. Na segunda, são expostas as evidências que corroboram a existência da epidemia. A…Read more
  •  16
    Ao estudarmos a Cibercultura na perspectiva de Pierre Lévy, perceberemos a existência de certa unilateralidade, uma absolutização do ciberespaço e de seu papel na sociedade contemporânea. Isso se manifesta claramente na visão de Lévy quando o mesmo fala que o ciberespaço levará a uma reunificação da humanidade, transpondo as barreiras geográficas, históricas, culturais e de classe. Apesar dos grandes movimentos de dispersão e de aglutinação apontados pelo filósofo terem acontecido de fato, a man…Read more
  •  17
    Technology and basic science: the linear model of innovation
    Scientiae Studia 12 (SPE): 129-146. 2014.
    The concept of the "linear model of innovation" was introduced by authors belonging to the field of innovation studies in the middle of the 1980s. According to the model, there is a simple sequence of steps going from basic science to innovations - an innovation being defined as an invention that is profitable. In innovation studies, the LMI is held to be assumed in Science the endless frontier , the influential report prepared by Vannevar Bush in 1945. In this paper, it is argued that: the LMI …Read more
  •  25
    Sobre o problema da demarcação
    Trans/Form/Ação 5 85-101. 1982.
  •  67
    Science and the values of popular movements
    Trans/Form/Ação 27 (1): 133-147. 2004.
    First an overall view is provided of Lacey’s ideas concerning science in its relation with the values of popular movements, and of the World Social Forum. Then, as an exercise in the building of conceptual bridges betweeen philosophical and political discourses about science, an analysis is provided of a speech delivered by Brazil’s new minister for science and technology in the occasion of his taking office.Em primeiro lugar, apresenta-se uma visão geral das idéias de Lacey sobre a ciência em s…Read more
  •  43
    Popper e o "efeito Édipo"
    Trans/Form/Ação 21 (1): 33-42. 1999.
    O tópico do trabalho é o fenômeno denominado por Popper “efeito Édipo”, e suas implicações para a epistemologia analítico-positivista, em particular para o Princípio de Unidade da Ciência. Com referência a Popper, a tese defendida é a de que ele não teve sucesso na tentativa de resolver as inconsistências geradas em sua obra pelo reconhecimento da possibilidade do “efeito Édipo” nas ciências humanas
  •  21
    Popper and the Oedipus effect
    Trans/Form/Ação 21 (1): 33-42. 1999.
    The theme of the paper is the phenomenon which Popper labelled `Oedipus effect', and its implications for the anlytical-positivist epistemology, especially for the Principle of the Unity of Science. As far as Popper is concerned, it is claimed that he was unsuccessful in his attempt to overcome the inconsistencies generated in his work by the acknowledgement of the possibility of the Oedipus effect in the human sciences.O tópico do trabalho é o fenômeno denominado por Popper "efeito Édipo", e su…Read more
  •  14
    O inovacionismo em questão
    Scientiae Studia 9 (3): 669-675. 2011.
  •  21
    Hempel, Semmelweis e a verdadeira tragédia da febre puerperal
    with Brena Paula Magno Fernandez
    Scientiae Studia 5 (1): 49-79. 2007.
  •  64
    Formas de autonomia da ciência
    Scientiae Studia 9 (3): 527-561. 2011.
  •  56
    Considerações sobre a neutralidade da ciência
    Trans/Form/Ação 26 (1): 161-172. 2003.
    O texto apresenta uma discussão da tese da neutralidade da ciência, tomando como ponto de partida algumas formulações dos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais. A neutralidade é analisada em três componentes: a imparcialidade, a neutralidade aplicada e a neutralidade cognitiva. Procura-se mostrar que, para não se cair no relativismo, a imparcialidade deve ser mantida, mas a neutralidade aplicada não se sustenta, nem como fato nem como valor
  •  21
    Conceitos e estrutura mental
    Trans/Form/Ação 14 73-91. 1991.
    The aim of the talk was to present a brief account of the history of investigations about concepts in the last decades, thereby contributing to the diffusion of cognitive science. The central episode in that history is the turning point that resultedfrom the researches carried out by Eleanor Rosch and others from the beginning of the 70's. Those researches constitute a challenge to the CLASSICAL VIEW OF CONCEPTS . The fact that the rejection of the classical view is not a viable alternative gene…Read more
  •  16
    Teleology
    with Maria Eunice Quilici Gonzales and João de Fernandes Teixeira
    Trans/Form/Ação 6 53-60. 1983.
  •  19
    Review (review)
    with Maria Eunice Quilici Gonzales and João de Fernandes Teixeira
    Trans/Form/Ação 6 (n/a): 53-60. 1983.
  •  33
    On the problem of demarcation
    Trans/Form/Ação 5 85-101. 1982.
    Since its publication, there has been no lack of attacks directed against the criterion of refutability - the solution proposed by Popper for his problem of demarcation. A more fundamental criticism is raised in the present paper: its target is the problem of demarcation itself. It is shown first that Popper's work contains not one, but two distinct and incompatible problems of demarcation. An analysis of Popper's anti-essentialism is the starting point for the demonstration of the main thesis o…Read more
  •  36
    Logic and cognitive science: psychologism fights back
    Trans/Form/Ação 15 123-130. 1992.
    The aim of the paper is to present the historical context and the motivation of an investigation still in progress, together with a sketch of some of its results. It starts with a brief description of the nature and history of cognitive science. The relation of cognitive science to logic is then considered, from which consideration a conception of logic as a descriptive and mentalist discipline emerges. Such conception clashes with Frege's antipsychologism. The purpose of the investigation is to…Read more
  •  46
    Considerações sobre a neutralidade da ciência1
    Trans/Form/Ação 26 (1): 161-172. 2003.
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    A Solution To The Problem Of Radical Translation
    Trans/Form/Ação 9 9-13. 1987.
    This paper consists in an attempt to refute Quine's principle of the indeterminacy of radical translation. The structure of the argument is as follows. The demonstration of the principle in Quine's work rests on certain conception of the process of radical translation. This conception can be maintained only if certain presuppositions are made concerning the nature of language and its speakers. However, if those presuppositions are adopted, there is no reason for not accepting also other presuppo…Read more
  •  30
    Considerations on the neutrality of science
    Trans/Form/Ação 26 (1): 161-172. 2003.
    The work consists in a discussion of the thesis of neutrality of science and technology, which takes as its starting point some formulations in the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais. Neutrality is analised into three components: imparciality, applied neutrality and cognitive neutrality. It is shown that imparciality must be maintained, to avoid falling into relativism, but applied neutrality cannot be sustained, neither as fact nor as value.O texto apresenta uma discussão da tese da neutralidade…Read more
  •  35
    Cognitivism and cognitive science
    Trans/Form/Ação 13 85-93. 1990.
    The aim of the paper is to characterize a school of thought-cognitivism -and the discipline to which it gave rise. After a brief summary of the origins of cognitivism, the ontological and methodological principles which define it are described. The relationship that exists between computers and the functionalist idea of considering the mind as a system whose elements are characterized by their functions, and not by their material make-up is then presented. The paper concludes with a discussion a…Read more
  •  12
    Concepts and mental structure
    Trans/Form/Ação 14 73-91. 1991.
    The aim of the talk was to present a brief account of the history of investigations about concepts in the last decades, thereby contributing to the diffusion of cognitive science. The central episode in that history is the turning point that resultedfrom the researches carried out by Eleanor Rosch and others from the beginning of the 70's. Those researches constitute a challenge to the CLASSICAL VIEW OF CONCEPTS. The fact that the rejection of the classical view is not a viable alternative gener…Read more
  •  38
    Cognitivismo e ciência cognitiva
    Trans/Form/Ação 13 85-93. 1990.
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    Conselhos tutelares E suas atuações de acordo com O estatuto da criança E do adolescente
    with Línlya Sachs, Marcelo Souza Motta, and Daiane Priscila Sampaio Bussola
    Saberes Em Perspectiva 5 (13): 67-76. 2015.
    Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar o conhecimento teórico de conselhos tutelares sobre o Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente e suas atuações a partir disso. Para isso, realizamos entrevistas com dois conselhos por meio de um questionário. As respostas foram dadas por escrito e, com elas, pudemos notar convergências e divergências entre esses conselhos. Com a análise, percebemos que cada conselho possui um olhar no seu trabalho, porém ambos possuem consciência de que seu dever é o de prot…Read more
  • Innovationism North and South
    In Inkeri Koskinen, David Ludwig, Zinhle Mncube, Luana Poliseli & Luis Reyes-Galindo (eds.), Global Epistemologies and Philosophies of Science, Routledge. 2021.