Patricia C Martinez

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
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    This article investigates the genesis of Hobbesian psychophysics from the concept of conatus, demonstrating that it operates as a genetic principle that simultaneously gives rise to the description of the individual as a sentient body and to plasticity as a capacity for internal reconfiguration through experience. The plasticity in question does not correspond to the contemporary notion of neuroplasticity nor to any retrospective projection: it strictly designates properties deducible from conat…Read more
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    Entre lobos e súditos: A plasticidade do homem em Hobbes
    Dissertation, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. 2026.
    A tese Entre Lobos e Súditos: A Plasticidade do Homem em Hobbes investiga a psicofísica hobbesiana a partir da reconstrução do indivíduo como corpo em movimento, articulando física, sensação, imaginação, memória, paixões e ação. O objetivo central consiste em demonstrar que o modelo mecanicista proposto por Hobbes não descreve um indivíduo rígido, passivo ou meramente obediente às regras, mas um organismo dotado de dinâmica interna contínua, capaz de variação, aprendizagem e reorganização ao lon…Read more
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    It is rare that we have Arthur Schopenhauer and Thomas Hobbes in the same publication, and when this occurs, it is usually aimed at exploring their dissenting political views. However, this study is based on the belief that both philosophers have significant similarities in their theories about the creation of the individual as a human being. Schopenhauer and Hobbes have, in their constructions, the pessimistic view of human nature and, furthermore, there are prominent similarities in the constr…Read more