"Hard Sciences" e "Social Sciences": um enfoque organizacional
In: Dados: revista de ciências sociais, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 517-568
ISSN: 0011-5258
In: Dados: revista de ciências sociais, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 517-568
ISSN: 0011-5258
In: Griot: Revista de Filosofia, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 327-337
The aim of the present paper is to analyze the conception of science of Popper resorting to the metaphor with the game of chess that he uses in his work The logic of scientific research. We consider that by means of this metaphor it is possible to perceive that its conception of science is not reduced to the logical criterion of falsifiability as many of its critics let us envisage, nor even to define methodological rules to guide the practice of science. But the philosopher himself in establishing such analogy makes it clear the existence os rules is what science has in common with the game of chess. In our view, these rules, as well as the scientific criterion, are not sufficient to define the scientific practice, since it involves other elements such as: values, objectives, scientific community and context in which the research is carried out. Popper assumes these elements in his metaphor, but does not make them explicit. It is only in later works such as Conjectures and Refutations and The Open Society and Its Enemies that they are clearly defined. We, therefore, intend to bring to light those elements involved in the game of science in Popper in order to give greater clarity to his conception of what science is.
In: ETD - Educação Temática Digital, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 1-11
Apresenta a área Ciência da Informação e seus objetos de estudo no mesmo movimento em que esses objetos de estudo são pensados na interrelação com a Educação, tornando assim a questão da autoria, do uso de periódicos educacionais e o funcionamento dos grupos de pesquisa em educação, novos objetos de pesquisa revitalizados pelo aporte discursivo e pela aproximação das áreas em questão.
In: Inchieste di diritto comparato 6
The situation John Godfrey Saxe describes in his 19th century poem retelling the parable of the blind men and the elephant is not unlike the birthing pains of the emerging discourse between Western and Indigenous Knowledges. In this paper I propose that the "disputations" have nothing to do with such reified notions as "clash of ideologies" or "metaphysics," but are rather more semiological in nature. Semiotics, to which linguistics belongs, is an undiscovered country whose vistas may provide more efficacious roadmaps to meaningful communications between disparate knowledges – i.e., Western Science and Indigenous Knowledge. I propose to examine a specific case of a wildlife management issue in Nunavut, Canada, whose outcomes will determine not only the viability of a species but the quality of the relationship between Inuit Qaujimaningit and Governments. The original article is in Inuktitut. ; La situación que describe John Godfrey Saxe en su poema del siglo XIX, donde cuenta la parábola de los ciegos y el elefante, no es tan diferente de las dolorosas complicaciones presentes en el discurso emergente entre los saberes occidentales y los saberes indígenas. En este artículo propongo que las "disputas" entre estos saberes no derivan de conceptos codificados como "conflicto de ideologías" o "metafísica", sino son más bien de naturaleza semiológica. La semiótica, a donde pertenece la lingüística, es un territorio ignoto cuyos panoramas pueden brindar mapas eficaces para una comunicación más llena de sentido entre saberes distintos, en este caso la ciencia occidental y el conocimiento indígena. Propongo examinar un caso específico, el tema de la administración de la vida salvaje en Nunavut, Canadá, cuyos resultados determinarán no solo la viabilidad de una especie sino también la calidad de la relación entre Inuit Qaujimaningit y los gobiernos. El artículo original está en inuktitut. ; La situation décrite par John Godfrey Saxe dans son poème du 19e siècle, qui relate la parabole des aveugles et de l'éléphant, ne diffère pas des douleurs d'élaboration des nouveaux discours entre les connaissances occidentales et indigènes. Dans le présent article, je suggère que les « conflits » n'ont rien à voir avec les notions réifiées « d'affrontements idéologiques » ou de « métaphysique », mais sont plutôt de nature sémiologique. La sémiotique, à laquelle appartient la linguistique, est un pays inconnu dont les perspectives pourraient offrir plus de détails pour des communications significatives entre les connaissances disparates – par exemple, la science occidentale et les connaissances indigènes. Je propose d'examiner un cas spécifique, le problème de gestion de la faune sauvage dans la province du Nunavut au Canada, dont les résultats détermineront non seulement la viabilité d'une espèce, mais aussi la qualité de la relation entre Inuit Qaujimaningit et les gouvernements. L'article original a été rédigé en inuktitut. ; A situação que John Godfrey Saxe descreve em seu poema do século XIX que reconta a parábola dos homens cegos e do elefante não difere das dores do parto do discurso emergente entre as sabedorias ocidentais e indígenas. Neste artigo, proponho que as "disputas" não têm nada a ver com as noções reificadas como "choque de ideologias" ou "metafísicas", mas que são, em vez disso, de uma natureza mais semiológica. A semiótica, campo ao qual a linguística pertence, é um país não descoberto cujas vistas podem proporcionar mapas mais eficazes para comunicações significativas entre sabedorias díspares, isto é, a Ciência Ocidental e a Sabedoria Indígena. Proponho-me a analisar um caso de gestão da vida selvagem em Nunavut, Canadá, cujos resultados determinarão não apenas a viabilidade de uma espécie, mas a qualidade das relações entre Inuit Qaujimaningit e governos. O artigo original está em inuktitut.
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In: Mededelingen N.R., 42,4
In: ETD - Educação Temática Digital, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 148-174
Analisa a aplicabilidade e uso da etnografia como metodologia para explorar a pesquisa na área da Ciência da Informação. Como pesquisa teórica objetiva resgatar na literatura da área, o reconhecimento da etnografia como forma metodológica na construção científica, a partir de reflexões sobre este método de pesquisa no reconhecimento de valores subjetivos e permitir um olhar crítico sobre a pesquisa no campo da Ciência da Informação. Reconhece o valor desse método para o estudo de um contexto multicultural, entendendo a cultura da informação sob uma perspectiva emergente na área em estudo, cujo aprofundamento requer valores e instrumentos antropológicos coerentes com as diversas áreas interdisciplinares que compõe o campo científico da informação. A pesquisa explora a literatura, acolhendo dados para uma análise interpretativa do discurso de diversos autores, desta forma visa uma reflexão que priorize a representação qualitativa do conhecimento. Na conclusão apresenta as diversas evidências da importância da cultura, agregada implicitamente na construção de uma informação, e que conseqüentemente irá gerar um novo conhecimento, sendo assim, reforça o adequado uso da ferramenta etnográfica para melhor explorar a temática. Também apresenta recomendações de continuidade na perspectiva desse estudo sob diversas diretrizes, que poderão trazer contribuições significativas para esta área do conhecimento.
In: Griot: Revista de Filosofia, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 171-181
Eric Weil's modern society is characterized among other things by its conception of science. Both based on the principle of effective calculation, the understanding of its functioning and its limitations go together. Thus, analyzing modern society contemplates a discussion of the instance that functions as its self-consciousness: the conception of science that is its own, the social sciences, whose model is the science of nature. Modern science and society are understood within the scope of the Weil's category of condition. Here there is no appeal to an unconditioned principle. Therefore, the question of sense can not be made. However, it is not a question of renouncing the achievements of modern science. In Weil's view, however, it must be recognized that the question of sense can be properly made. This is because it must be put through philosophy. Our objective in the present paper is to discuss the relationship between modern society, modern science and sense. This is because if there is a science of an efficacius society there is also a science of sense: this is philosophy.
In: Revista Desafios, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 149-163
This article aims to analyze the vision of science and knowledge production in its transition to modernity and contemporaneity within the meaning of an education based on creativity that values diverse knowledge. This reflection is a bibliographical character with a qualitative approach. Its theoretical foundation brings the realization of the concepts of the traditional paradigm in the context of modern science and the emerging paradigm today with a creative vision and interdisciplinary contemplating the whole of life, from the pedagogical, while production of knowledge. It is noticeable that in the contemporary perspective of creativity to transforming perspective has sought reconnection of knowledge that involves all areas of humanity valuing imagination, originality, flexibility, thinking, feeling and learning within the aspects encompassing the wholeness of life on the planet.
In: Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social, Heft 12, S. 25-37
State educational services suffered a plague of privatisation during the 1980s and 1990s, inspired by the neoliberal hegemony of the time. This article looks into what contribution education can make to the construction of an informed, and participative democracy. The teaching of science and technology needs to be based on principles of justice and equality, and, to ensure that all have equal opportunity to reach the highest levels, should be public, free and of high quality.
Ilus. Tab. Bib. Sum. (En) ; Secondary forests developing on agricultural land after it is abandoned, or as the fallow period in systems of subsistence agriculture, are an increasingly important component of the forest resources of the tropics. They fix and store carbon and may contribute to the alleviation of global warming, they are refuges for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, and they are low-cost sources of a tremendous variety of forest products. The final years of the 20th century represent an opportune time to bring together researchers concerned with biological, ecological, social/organizational, financial/economic and political aspects of secondary forests and their management, to share their experiences and opinions concerning secondary tropical forests and to contribute to the development of a forward-looking, cross-disciplinary research agenda. The conference had the following objectives: 1) to summarize the state of knowledge of tropical secondary forests from the standpoint of the ecological, social and political sciences. 2) to report the most recent results of research on secondary forests from all relevant disciplines.
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In: Griot: Revista de Filosofia, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 165-172
In consideration of the postures of Kuhn and his critics, we will turn our attention to reflect on the possibility of a normal science (in the kuhnian sense). The motivating question for the central problem of this text will be: Is there really a normal science in the sense proposed by Kuhn? We aim to offer an answer that will partially agree with the Kuhnian ideal of normal science.
L'article se penche sur la "participation" des populations à la régulation des techno-sciences et des techno-produits qui arrivent sur les marchés et affectent les modes de vie, l'environnement ou la santé. Une double thèse y est développée. La première conduit à la nécessité de réfléchir aux moyens de défendre et protéger celles et ceux qui interrogent les pratiques techno-industrielles (quant à la sécurité des systèmes mis en oeuvre par exemple) ou qui questionnent les certitudes académiques (lorsque celles-ci légifèrent trop vite sur des questions en jeu dans l'espace public). La deuxième thèse propose de placer la question de la participation dans des perspectives politiques et économiques plus vastes, en lien aux univers des marchés et de la politique professionnelle. Une conclusion majeure est que la participation est toujours invoquée formellement mais qu'on tend en pratique à réduire son usage aux cas exceptionnels où la bataille publique fait rage et ne peut être évitée ; dans les autres cas, on la contourne en la remplaçant par exemple par l'éthique instituée en comités – comités fermés mais censés "représenter la Société Civile", capables d'agir vite et, s'ils sont bien choisis, dans la bonne direction. On passe ainsi d'une régulation par la loi et le droit d'une part, des procédures participatives ouvertes de l'autre, à des formes de régulation fermées et ad hoc permettant la mise rapide sur le marché de nouvelles technologies. ; The article focuses on the "participation" of the populations in the regulation of techno-sciences and techno-products that get to the market and affect the way of life, the environment or health. In this case, a double thesis is developed. The first leads to the need to reflect on the means of defending and protecting those who challenge techno-industrial practices (for example, regarding the safety of the implemented systems) or those who question academic certainty (when these legislate very fast on issues at play in the public sphere). The second thesis proposes to place the issue of participation in wider political and economic perspectives, in relation to the market and professional politics. In the end, it is realized that participation is always formally invoked, but, in actual fact, the trend is to reduce participation to exceptional cases where the public struggle is violent and cannot be avoided; and in other cases it is sidestepped or forgotten, being substituted by ethics instituted in committees – closed committees, but supposedly "representing Civil Society", able to move rapidly and, if well chosen, in the right direction. Thus, going from one regulation by the law and by rights, onone side, and participative processes, on the other, to closed and ad hoc forms of regulation allowing for the fast introduction of new technologies in the markets.
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