Habilitationsschrift--Mannheim. / Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [198]-205.

L’étude des ouvrages de physique publiés au 18e siècle montre que l’évolution depuis le 17e siècle est loin de se limiter à l’approfondissement des seules découvertes de Newton, comme on a souvent tendance à le présenter aujourd’hui. La physique mécaniste de Descartes, attaquée par Newton, va continuer de se développer avec l’aide de nombreux savants, en particulier de l’Académie des Sciences parisienne. Les débats entre cartésiens et newtoniens ne sont toujours pas éteints dans les années 1740. Ce véritable duel scientifique de plus d’un demi-siècle est au cœur d’une réflexion plus large sur la physique et s’exerce sur plusieurs plans : Mathématisation, Concepts, définitions, lois, rôle de l’expérience et des hypothéses, Problèmes philosophiques : les principes, la recherche des causes, les problèmes théologiques. L'objet de cette thèse est de montrer que la diversité des approches et des méthodes tout au long du premier 18e siècle va permettre l’émergence d’une nouvelle conception de la physique. Cette diversité se manifeste dans les écrits d’auteurs nombreux, les savants eux-mêmes, mais aussi ceux qu’on a appelés les transmetteurs, dont le rôle fut très important. / The study of books on physics published in the 18th century shows that the evolution since the 17th century is much more than just a furthering of the discoveries of Newton, as we often tend to present it these days. Descartes’s mechanistic physics, severely criticized by Newton, was to develop with help from many scientists, particularly from the Academy of Sciences in Paris. The discussions between Cartesians and Newtonians did not end in the 1740’s. This real scientific duel, which lasted over half a century, was the heart of a broader way of thinking about physics which operated on several levels: Mathématization, Concepts, définitions, laws, the role of experimentation and hypotheses, Philosophical problems: principles, the search of the causes, theological problems. The aim of this thesis is to show that the variety of the approaches and the methods throughout the early 18th century was to allow the creation of a new conception of physics. This variety appears in the works of many authors, who were either scientists themselves, or transmitters of science, who played a very important role, too.

Text in Afrikaans / The actuality of the pedagogical question concerning the role of ideology, values and norms in the life of man in general and education specifically stimulated the interest of the author and prompted her to examine the past in this respect. The contemporary image of ideology, values, norms, personal and global philosophies are looked at in this study. Particular attention is paid to the ideologies that developed from the Renaissance e.g. Humanistic oriented Realism, Rationalism and Naturalism. Certain role players are briefly referred to. The Communist Educational System influenced more than half of the human race over a period of seventy years resulting in a thorough investigation into this system. The influence of People's Education in education in general was also scrutinized. Because so many South Africans are adherents of Calvinism it was important that attention was paid to: The philosophy of Calvinism; What it entails; How it originated and its impact on South African Education. Particular reference was made to the role of Christian National Education. It is fairly generally accepted that a new period in history of the West in relation to values, norms and education is being entered into. The period discussion is more concerned with spiritual development, culture knowledge and religion of the human race than political and military power, although, the latter is not excluded. It was also necessary to take note of the influence of the New Age movement on values and norms. The study is concluded with the evaluation of ideology, values, norms, personal and global philosophies. Some of the most important conclusions arrived at are that these aspects are interwoven and that education is pertinently influenced by the values, norms, culture, personal and global philosophies of the individual, community and government. / Educational Studies / D. Ed. (Historiese Opvoedkunde)

Submitted by Andrea Hayashi (deachan@gmail.com) on 2016-06-22T18:20:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-ricardo-bergmann.pdf: 1211623 bytes, checksum: 475f3191bc2c99ba36d2bb58428f1ead (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Andrea Hayashi (deachan@gmail.com) on 2016-06-22T18:21:18Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-ricardo-bergmann.pdf: 1211623 bytes, checksum: 475f3191bc2c99ba36d2bb58428f1ead (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-22T18:21:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao-ricardo-bergmann.pdf: 1211623 bytes, checksum: 475f3191bc2c99ba36d2bb58428f1ead (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-20 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A presente dissertação tem por objetivo central analisar as origens da dialética marxiana segundo Lucien Goldmann, pensador marxista, que de forma original defende a ideia que a referida dialética tem suas origens nas filosofias de Pascal e de Kant. Em primeiro lugar será feita uma introdução ao tema da dialética em três pensadores que no decorrer da História da Filosofia dedicaram enorme importância ao tema: Platão, Hegel e Marx. A questão da totalidade, ou processos totalizadores, bem como a metafísica e sua superação, fornecerão o pano de fundo para as análises das mesmas. Isso pavimentará o caminho para que seja abordada a origem da dialética marxiana em Pascal e em Kant. O primeiro é visto por Goldmann como aquele que critica o racionalismo individualista representado por Descartes, filósofo que constrói sua filosofia centrada na ideia do Eu. Pascal contrapõe ao Eu cartesiano o Nós, o todo, ou a relação partes e todo que se esclarecem mutuamente. Já o segundo é visto como o filósofo que leva o racionalismo individualista às últimas consequências, e mesmo não conseguindo superá-lo, traz de volta a ideia de comunidade humana, ideia perdida desde o fim da Idade Média, e que abre caminho para as Filosofias da História posteriores, principalmente a marxiana. Pascal e Kant ainda possuem mais dois pontos em comum: Em primeiro lugar a visão trágica do mundo, visão que se opõe ao racionalismo individualista, e cuja principal característica é tender para objetos suprassensíveis sem nunca atingi-los. E em segundo lugar o fragmento da aposta nos Pensamentos de Pascal, que com sua ideia de possibilidade de risco e fracasso, abre caminho para toda filosofia prática posterior, seja o imperativo categórico em Kant, seja a possibilidade da construção da sociedade comunista em Marx / This dissertation is aimed to analyse the origins of Marxian dialectics based on Lucien Goldmann, a Marxist philosopher who, in an original way, supports the idea that Marxian dialectics has its origins in the philosophies of Pascal and Kant. First, the idea of dialectics is introduced according to the view of three philosophers who, throughout the history of philosophy, devoted an enormous importance to this theme: Plato, Hegel and Marx. The issues of totalisation, or totalising processes, together with metaphysics and its overcoming, provide the background for their analysis, and paves the way for addressing Marxian dialectics in Pascal and Kant. Goldmann sees Pascal as the one who criticizes the individualist rationalism represented by Descartes, a philosopher who builds his philosophy centred on the Self (Moi). Pascal opposed to the Cartesian Self (Moi) to the idea of We (Nous), the whole, or a mutually clarifying relationship amongst the parts and the whole. Then Goldmann portrays Kant as a philosopher who takes the individualist rationalism to its ultimate consequences. Even though Kant could not overcome it, he brings back the idea of human community, something lost since the end of the Middle Ages, and clears the way for later history philosophies, especially the Marxian. Pascal and Kant still have two points in common. First they share a tragic view of the world. A view that opposes the individualistic rationalism, whose the main characteristic is to tend to supersensible objects, never reaching them. Secondly Pascal's Wager, as presented in his Pensées, introduces his idea of risk and failure. Such idea leads the way for all subsequent practical philosophy, either Kant 's categorical imperative or Marx’s work on the possibility of building a communist society.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:30:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5550.pdf: 829503 bytes, checksum: 5da600d47e06b675663a17677f9bfdc6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-30 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / The theory of natural selection as one of the causal processes of Darwin s theory of evolution has impacted on fields of knowledge far beyond natural sciences. This extension the employment of the logic of selection in psychology and philosophy, as can be found in Popper and Skinner is usually defined as ultra-Darwinism. Darwin s ideas and their impact following the publication of The Origin of Species were approached through Ernst Mayr interpretation. The objectives of this study were: (1) to show Darwin s influence on the works of Popper and Skinner; and (2) to present a brief comparison between Popper and Skinner s points of view concerning with the fate of societies. The method employed was an aporetic one. The main results were: (1) The logic of selection makes it possible to find common epistemological features in the works of Popper and Skinner; (2) both authors hold that scientific knowledge is a means for the investigation of culture and cultural planning; (3) both authors agree that essentialistic theoretical beliefs are an obstacle for technological advances and cause of delay in the development of civilization; (4) they are contemporary with events of worldwide impact brought about by mankind throughout the twentieth century that had a great impact on their works. / A teoria da seleção natural como um dos processos causais da teoria da evolução de Darwin atingiu áreas de conhecimento bem além das ciências naturais. Essa expansão o emprego da lógica selecionista na psicologia e na filosofia, que encontramos em autores como Popper e Skinner é o que usualmente se define como ultradarwinismo. As idéias de Darwin, assim como seus efeitos após a publicação de A Origem das Espécies, foram abordadas a partir da interpretação fornecida por Ernst Mayr. O presente trabalho teve como objetivos: (1) Demonstrar a influência do autor inglês nos textos de Popper e Skinner, e (2) Apresentar breves comparações do que produziu Popper com a visão de Skinner como autores preocupados com o destino das sociedades. O método utilizado foi o aporético. Os principais resultados encontrados foram: (1) a lógica selecionista permite evidenciar elementos epistemológicos comuns nos trabalhos de Popper e de Skinner; (2) ambos os autores apontam o conhecimento científico como via de investigação e planejamento cultural; (3) ambos entendem que posições teóricas essencialistas funcionam como obstáculo para o avanço tecnológico e como causa de atraso no desenvolvimento das civilizações; (4) eles são contemporâneos de eventos de impacto mundial promovidos pelo homem no séc. XX, os quais influenciaram as teorias produzidas por ambos.

Orientador: Lúcio Lourenço Prado / Banca: Ubirajara Rancan de Azevedo Marques / Banca: Paulo Roberto Licht dos Santos / Resumo: A pesquisa pretende abordar os escritos da década de 1760, da filosofia kantiana, com o intuito de apontar quais os elementos de cunho crítico presentes nesses escritos, que desembocam na obra Sonhos de um visionário explicados por sonhos da metafísica (1766). No ano de 1763, com o Único argumento possível para uma demonstração da prova da existência de Deus e com o Ensaio para introduzir a noção de grandezas negativas em filosofia, Kant aponta para o papel da experiência na existência do simples possível e para o papel da oposição real para os acontecimentos da ordem fenomenal. Tem-se, por parte de Kant, uma preocupação com o estatuto da metafísica tradicional que se apoia em provas não concretas e busca, por meio de inferência e pelo princípio de contradição, mostrar a ordem do mundo e a existência do real. Nesse sentido, Kant começa a engendrar uma crítica ao racionalismo de cunho dogmático, em especial à escola Leibniz-wolffiana, tendo como influências as inovações da ciência newtoniana e o ceticismo de David Hume. Assim, é possível encontrar nos Sonhos de um visionário pistas que conduzem à interpretação da obra como um fechamento da filosofia pré-crítica de Kant, abrindo as portas para o criticismo presente na Dissertação de 1770, segundo o próprio autor (Carta a Tieftrunk em 1797). Tendo em vista a década de sessenta como um suposto período que configura o criticismo kantiano, a investigação busca, ainda, apontar os elementos que desembocam nos Sonhos e, a partir desse escrito, mostrar as consequências desses elementos para o contexto da própria Dissertação de 1770 e da Crítica da razão pura (1781). Ao final, esboçaremos uma reflexão acerca da existência ou não de um marco que separa a filosofia kantiana em período précrítico e crítico, tentando, ao menos, interpretar os escritos anteriores à Crítica da razão pura como escritos pré-Crítica e não mais como escritos / Abstract: This research intends to approach some Kantian philosophy written from 1760's decade, with the aim of pointing out what are the critical nature elements present on them, which culminate in the work Dreams of a Spirit-Seer elucidated by dreams of metaphysics (1766). In 1763, with The only possible argument in support of a demonstration of the existence of god (Beweisgrund) and with the Attempt to introduce the concept of negative magnitudes into philosophy, Kant points the role of experience in existence of the simple possibile and to the role of the truth opposition to the happenings in a phenomenical order. It has, from Kant position, a worry about the metaphysical traditional constitution that supports itself on not concrete proofs and seeks, throughout inferences and by contradiction principle, to show the order of the world and the existence of the real. In this sense, Kant begins to engender a criticism to dogmatic rationalism, in special to Wolffian-Leibniz school, supporting your ideas on innovation of Newtonian science and Humean skepticism. In so far, it is possible find out, at Dreams of a Spirit-Seer, "clues" that leads to its interpretation as a closure of the Kantian pre-critic philosophy and opening the doors to the criticism present in the Dissertation of 1770, according own author (Letter to Tieftrunk in 1797). In the end, we will sketch a reasoning on the existence, or not, of a landmark that separates Kantian philosophy in pre-critical period and a critical one, trying to, at least, understand the previous written to Critic of Pure Reason as pre-critical written and not as a critical ones / Mestre

Orientador: Eneias Junior Forlin / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-12T06:27:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sardeiro_LeandrodeAraujo_M.pdf: 603403 bytes, checksum: 3d1c7910596bd5fd3fdf0b9074cb77b2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Desenvolveu-se o problema do conhecimento humano na constituição das Regulae ad directionem ingenii (1619-1628) no que se refere à significação da Mathesis universalis. Pretendeu-se defender uma compreensão da Mathesis universalis enquanto ciência do conhecimento em geral - diversa, portanto, das Mathematicae - mostrando a sua aplicabilidade aos diversos ramos do conhecimento por via da análise das naturezas simples. Defendeu-se que a Mathesis universalis não se esgota em uma teoria geral da quantidade por ser delineada por naturezas simples que não expressam apenas quantidades, mas todos os objetos passíveis de conhecimento, inclusive metafísicos. A universalidade da Mathesis universalis estaria expressa pela sua aplicabilidade indefinida, porque potencialmente presente em toda e qualquer descrição e problematização das naturezas simples. Por essa razão, sustentou-se que as naturezas simples não designam apenas coisas - passíveis de tratamento quantitativo -, mas se referem igualmente a proposições, cujo escopo abrange, entre outras coisas, objetos comuns a diversos saberes. A Mathesis universalis seria uma metaciência, a ocupar-se de metaobjetos. Nesse sentido, recuperou-se a noção de ingenium no intuito de mostrar que, por estar ligada à problemática mais científica das Regulae, tal noção resignara-se a uma epistemologia, sem constituir uma metafísica, fato este que não impediria a posterior aplicação da Mathesis universalis àquele campo do saber. Toda essa discussão pressupôs como válida a apresentação material do manuscrito de Hannover, encontrado por Foucher de Careil na primeira metade do século XIX, que apresenta a discussão acerca da Mathesis universalis desenvolvida na regra IV na forma de apêndice, o que nos fez levantar o questionamento acerca da "significação" da Mathesis universalis. / Abstract: We have dealt with the problem of human knowledge in the constitution of the Regulae ad directionem ingenii (1619-1628), as it is concerned with the signification of the Mathesis universalis. We intended to defend a comprehension of the Mathesis universalis as science of knowledge in general - different, therefore, from the Mathematicae - by showing its applicability in the diverse fields of knowledge through the analysis of the simple natures. Thus, we claim that the Mathesis universalis is not fully apprehended when it is conceived of as a general theory of quantity, for it is determined by simple natures, which do not only express quantities, but all knowledgeable objects, including the metaphysical ones. The universality of the Mathesis universalis would then be expressed in its indefinite applicability, for it is potentially present in each and every description and problematization of the simple natures. That is why, for example, we claim that the simple natures do not only express things which are dealt with quantitatively, but equally refer to propositions, in whose scope we find, among others, objects that are common to a wide range of forms of knowledge. The Mathesis universalis would then be a metascience, one that should deal with metaobjects. Thus, we have brought forth the notion of ingenium so as to show that, since it was then connected to the Regulae's more scientifical problematics, it then resignated itself to an epistemology that did not go so far as to constitute a metaphysics; what, however, would not constitute impediment to a future application of the Mathesis universalis to that field of knowledge, to wit, metaphysics. All of this discussion presupposes as valid the material presentation of the Hannover manuscript of the Regulae, found by Foucher de Careil in the first half of the XIX century, which relegates the discussion related to the mathesis universalis developed in rule IV to an appendix - what made us raise this questioning concerning the "signification" of the Mathesis universalis. / Mestrado / Mestre em Filosofia

The purpose of the study at hand is to convey a conservative theoretical perspective on the contemporary issues of segregation in Sweden. The aim has been to forth bring answers from a presented definition of conservatism through an idea analysis, which contains the main points of the conservative formation of ideas. The execution of the study is made through the method of Badersten’s “given-that analysis”. The aforementioned ideas are based on the works of mostly prominent conservative thinkers; Edmund Burke, Michael Oakeshott, Russell Kirk, John Kekes and, last but not least, Sir Roger Scruton. These are furthermore applied to three aspects of the concept of segregation, namely ethnic, socioeconomic, and city-and-landsegregation.  In conclusion, the result contains a variety of possible solutions that are contextually bound to the situation in Sweden. These solutions, or answers, are based on typical conservative beliefsand perceptions of concepts concerning rationalism, the little platoons, historical experience, freedom, class and justice, and nationalism. The solutions that are drawn from these concepts consists of answers such as the need to increase the level of individual responsibility both in terms of the individual herself as well as in relation to the state. Another point made is that regarding the importance of a common culture with a set of norms that firmly stands as the reference point throughout society. Also, a reactive response to increase the respect and authority of the law enforcement is determined.

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Halfway into its third decade, the debate surrounding the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis has stalled with political economists and socio-ecologists ascendant and modernization theorists scrambling to give their apparently moribund perspective new life. But beyond the rise and fall of the EKC, there remains a second-order question and decades of data: how do the theoretical perspectives of these contenders shape what their protagonists do and don't see? How have they mistaken episodes of "talking past each other" for genuine dialogue? Which perspective has had the biggest impact on the other’s way of thinking? A qualitative and quantitative analysis compares the top-ranking journals in economics with interdisciplinary journals of environmental economics revealing a categorical divergence in the types of critical thought deployed in the EKC debate over an almost 15 year period. The few articles appearing in the top ranking economic journals systematically fail to grasp the fundamentals of ecology which is evident in both their measurements and conclusions. I offer an abridged discussion of the critiques socio-ecology presents contemporary economics as what, in Kuhnian terminology, may well be described as a discipline in the crisis moment of a paradigm shift in no particular direction. I then conclude by siding with Habermas and Adorno against Popper's ideologically impoverished “falsifactionism”: progress in science depends as much on a theory of ideological critique as it does on the acquisition of technical knowledge. My intent has been to argue that ideological critique is empirically possible as the history of thought.