[pt] Esta tese tem por objetivo investigar, sob um ponto de vista filosófico, possíveis caminhos para pensar o que significa resistir diante da chamada crise ecológica, isto é, o conjunto das graves alterações de origem antropogênica observadas nos processos biogeoquímicos da Terra, a ponto de ter suscitado a entrada do planeta numa nova época geológica, o Antropoceno. Esse acontecimento coloca em xeque a própria validade universal das categorias que sustentam a epistemologia dita ocidental – a qual, segundo Bruno Latour (1994), se caracteriza pela admissão de apenas dois modos de existência para os seres, isto é, como entes naturais ou culturais. De maneira que, para investigar as possibilidades de resistência, sugerimos ser necessário considerar os modos próprios de outras ontologias conceberem os entes que habitam o mundo, bem como suas maneiras particulares de descrever os processos e interferências que ameaçam destruí-lo. Tal consideração da pluralidade ontológica existente se faz necessária também porque, como este trabalho pretende esclarecer, a Terra pode ser compreendida como o solo comum que só existe a partir das versões divergentes dela mesma. A unidade que constitui esse solo comum, no entanto, não pode ser vislumbrada sem um cuidadoso trabalho de composição: foi uma tentativa malsucedida de fabricar um mundo comum que deflagrou a atual guerra de mundos (Latour, 2002) que a crise ecológica torna incontornável. Assim, seguindo ainda a terminologia de Latour, de um lado da disputa estão os Humanos, aqueles que, presumindo deter o conhecimento definitivo sobre a realidade objetiva do mundo e se arrogando o direito de explorar impiedosamente os seres naturais (além de outros humanos), conduziram-nos ao estado atual de desordem ecológica; do outro, há os Terranos, indivíduos e povos que reconhecem na Terra e em seus seres verdadeiros aliados na existência, e não meros recursos a explorar. Esta tese, portanto, traça um panorama, ainda que não exaustivo e em larga medida especulativo, dos múltiplos modos terranos de existir e resistir, permitindo assim entrever as possíveis insurreições cosmopolíticas da Terra e de seus povos contra a barbárie eco-política que se anuncia. / [en] This thesis aims to investigate, from a philosophical standpoint, possible ways of thinking about what it means to resist in the so-called ecological crisis - that is, the severe anthropogenic changes to Earth s biogeochemical cycles that pushed the planet into a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. This crisis calls into question the very validity of the main categories that structure what we call western epistemology – which, according to Bruno Latour (1994), is characterized by the distribution of all beings into two (and only two) modes of existence, i.e., either as natural or as cultural entities. Therefore, in order to investigate different manners of resisting, we suggest that it is crucial to consider the particular ways in which other ontologies conceive the beings that inhabit the world, as well as how they describe the processes and interferences that threaten to destroy it. Another reason why we need to adopt this ontological pluralism is that, as this thesis aims to demonstrate, the Earth can be understood as a common ground which exists only through the diverging versions of itself. The unity that constitutes this common ground, however, requires a careful labour of composition: it was precisely an attempt at fabricating a common world whithout this composition that unleashed the current war of worlds (Latour, 2002) that the ecological crisis makes inescapable. Thus (still keeping to Latour s terminology), on one side of this war, stand the Humans - those who, by presuming to possess the definitive knowledge over objective reality, have all along claimed their right to unscrupulously exploit the natural beings (as well as other human beings), thus leading us to the present situation of ecological disorder. On the other side stand the Earthbound, those peoples who consider the Earth and its beings as their true allies in existence, rather than just an infinite source of materials to exploit. This thesis outlines a panorama - a non-exhaustive and, to a large extent, speculative one - of the multiple Earthbound modes of existence and resistance, which provides a glimpse of the possible (cosmo)political uprisings of the Earth and its peoples against the eco-political barbarism ahead.

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Addiction is one of the most significant problems facing contemporary society. Consequently many scholars, institutions and clinicians have sought to understand this complex phenomenon, as is evident in the abundance of etiological models of addiction in existence today. A literature review pointed that there is little consensus regarding the nature and etiopathogenesis of addiction, and integrative models have not yet been able to provide the sought-after integration. In addressing this problem, this study offers a theoretical analysis of the paradigmatic and meta-paradigmatic suitability of Integral Theory in the design of an integrated metatheory of addiction. The data consisted of the most prominent etiological theories and models of addiction. The study focused on several essential features constituting the architectonic of any metatheory that attempts to provide conceptual scaffolding for the construction of a comprehensive metatheory of addiction. The criteria for the construction of a metatheory were conceptual integration, ontological span, ontological depth, empirical validity and internal consistency. Integral Theory was critically assessed in terms of each of the abovementioned criteria. The study suggests that Integral Theory is eminently suitable as a philosophical foundation for the development of an integrated metatheory of addiction. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

Addiction is one of the most significant problems facing contemporary society. Consequently many scholars, institutions and clinicians have sought to understand this complex phenomenon, as is evident in the abundance of etiological models of addiction in existence today. A literature review pointed that there is little consensus regarding the nature and etiopathogenesis of addiction, and integrative models have not yet been able to provide the sought-after integration. In addressing this problem, this study offers a theoretical analysis of the paradigmatic and meta-paradigmatic suitability of Integral Theory in the design of an integrated metatheory of addiction. The data consisted of the most prominent etiological theories and models of addiction. The study focused on several essential features constituting the architectonic of any metatheory that attempts to provide conceptual scaffolding for the construction of a comprehensive metatheory of addiction. The criteria for the construction of a metatheory were conceptual integration, ontological span, ontological depth, empirical validity and internal consistency. Integral Theory was critically assessed in terms of each of the abovementioned criteria. The study suggests that Integral Theory is eminently suitable as a philosophical foundation for the development of an integrated metatheory of addiction. / Psychology / M. A. (Psychology)