Na obra de Thomas Kuhn, ao compreender as revoluções científicas como mudanças de concepção de mundo, surge o problema de em que sentido e em que medida o mundo muda com uma revolução científica. Esse é o problema central desta dissertação, o qual será analisado através da investigação dos textos de Kuhn e de seus comentadores. Depois de estabelecido o problema, os conceitos utilizados por Kuhn são esclarecidos. Em seguida, é analisado como se desenrola uma mudança de mundo e, com base nisso, é investigado em que medida o mundo muda com uma revolução científica. A conclusão desse trabalho sustenta que a mudança de mundo se fundamenta na mudança das relações de similaridade valorizadas pelos paradigmas e que o mundo muda apenas na sua organização, ou seja, na distribuição dos seus objetos particulares em diferentes tipos a partir das relações de similaridade enraizadas na comunidade científica. / In Thomas Kuhn‟s work, by understanding the scientific revolutions as changes in world conception, the problem related to in what sense and to what extent the world is changed by a scientific revolution arises. This is the central problem of this thesis, which will be analyzed by investigating Kuhn' and his reviewers‟ work. After establishing the problem, the concepts applied by Kuhn are explained. It is then analyzed how a world change takes place and, based on that, it is investigated in what extent the world changes with a scientific revolution. The conclusion argues that the change of world is based on a change in the similarity relationships valued by the paradigms and that the world only changes on its organization, ie, on the distribution of its particular objects in different types from the similarity relationships settled in the scientific community.

The post-pandemic classroom dealt with not only the mental health struggles of educators and students, but also the technological and virtual learning dependence in a time ridden with misinformation. At this time, it was important to not only consider the purpose and intent of science education as a learning experience, but also pedagogical approaches that seek to actualize this very intent. The pedagogy of science has at its foundation the experience of inquiry beginning from self and expanding to the natural world. Explained by educationalists like John Dewey and Thomas Kuhn and in theory, implemented into classrooms through the Next Generation Science Standards, the potential of inquiry is to expand from a first-person experience to the wellbeing of community and society. Moreover, contemplative philosophies, such as Yoga, Vedanta, and Buddhist mindfulness, provide novel, yet ancient approaches to teaching this awareness through their pedagogical framework. Contemplative or spiritual pedagogies are those whose approach involves the exploration of subjectivity through introspection and empathy practices like meditation, journaling, and activism. In all, as the practitioner of these traditions and the educator-researcher in the classroom, I performed a qualitative study in phenomenology. I taught an AP Physics C class influenced by the lens of this contemplative paradigm, although this was not detached from the usual curriculum or interventional by nature. From emergent themes in the past student work and evaluation of their experience, I discovered the following: when an educator applied the approach of these wisdom traditions into the classroom curriculum, the resulting environment impacted a positive learning experience as it pertained to engaging science as inquiry. This study had an ambition to provide a novel approach to teaching and learning inquiry informed by the above-mentioned traditions.

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Nesta tese de doutorado, examino algumas produções culturais que me permitiram acompanhar processos ligados à produção dos conhecimentos escolares em Ciências/Química. Para tanto, examinei documentos oficiais de ensino brasileiros – os PCNs, alguns livros didáticos de Química e uma revista de divulgação científica – a Revista Superinteressante. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida sob inspiração dos Estudos Culturais, utilizando aportes teóricos de Stuart Hall, que busquei conectar ao pensamento de Michel Foucault e Thomas Popkewitz para realizar as análises discursivas procedidas. Tais análises permitiram indicar entrelaçamentos entre os enunciados que compõem os diferentes discursos colocados em circulação por tais produções e indicar que temas como saúde, meio ambiente, desenvolvimento tecnológico e consumo passaram a constituir a “pauta” tanto da revista examinada, quanto dos livros didáticos e dos PCNs, o que, de certo modo, legitima e escolariza esses temas, no caso estudado na área de Ciências/Química, na Educação Básica. A inserção de novos temas/conteúdos indica haver uma ruptura em relação ao que anteriormente era considerado como conteúdos escolares pertinentes ao ensino de Ciências/Química. No tratamento do tema saúde, por exemplo,os textos passaram a ocupar-se com a indicação de formas para viver mais e com mais saúde, com melhor aparência, com cuidados para a manutenção da agilidade e juventude, o que implica viver uma “democrática” ditadura de fazer escolhas responsáveis para os cuidados com o corpo, ou seja, nessas produções culturais o discurso do cuidado com a saúde encontra-se associado à vontade de mudanças de atitude dos sujeitos frente aos seus hábitos de vida. Em relação ao modo de focalizar o tema meio ambiente, os enunciados ressaltam a importância da incorporação de práticas cotidianas aos conteúdos escolares, sendo isso considerado requisito para o desenvolvimento da cidadania que, por sua vez, seria promovida na relação dos sujeitos com o meio ambiente. / In this PHD thesis, I examined some cultural production which allowed me to follow activities linked to Science/Chemistry school knowledge production. For that, I examined Brazilian teaching official documents, the National Curricular Parameters, some Chemistry didactic books and a scientific publication magazine (Superinteressante Magazine). The research was developed under inspiration of Cultural Studies, using theoretical support by Stuart Hall, which I tried to connect to Michel Foucault’s and Thomas Popkewitz’s thoughts to carry out discursive analysis. The analysis show the interconnections between the enunciates that are part of different speeches published in these production and indicate that themes such as health, environment, technological development and consume started to constitute the agenda, in the referred magazine, in the didactic books and in the National Curricular Parameters. This subjects legitimate and submit these themes to school teaching in the Science/Chemistry area in Basic Education. The insertion of new themes/contents indicates that there is a rupture regarding what was formally considered pertinent school contents to the teaching of Science/Chemistry. Regarding health, for example, the texts started to worry about living longer, healthier, having a better look, carrying about being agile and young, which implies living in a “democratic” dictatorship of making responsible choices regarding body care, in other words, in these cultural aspects the speech related to health care is associated to will changes of attitude in the people’s ways of living. About the environment theme, the texts highlight the importance of adding daily practices to the school contents, which is considered a prerequisite for the citizenship development to promote the relationship between the people and the environment.

Nesta tese de doutorado, examino algumas produções culturais que me permitiram acompanhar processos ligados à produção dos conhecimentos escolares em Ciências/Química. Para tanto, examinei documentos oficiais de ensino brasileiros – os PCNs, alguns livros didáticos de Química e uma revista de divulgação científica – a Revista Superinteressante. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida sob inspiração dos Estudos Culturais, utilizando aportes teóricos de Stuart Hall, que busquei conectar ao pensamento de Michel Foucault e Thomas Popkewitz para realizar as análises discursivas procedidas. Tais análises permitiram indicar entrelaçamentos entre os enunciados que compõem os diferentes discursos colocados em circulação por tais produções e indicar que temas como saúde, meio ambiente, desenvolvimento tecnológico e consumo passaram a constituir a “pauta” tanto da revista examinada, quanto dos livros didáticos e dos PCNs, o que, de certo modo, legitima e escolariza esses temas, no caso estudado na área de Ciências/Química, na Educação Básica. A inserção de novos temas/conteúdos indica haver uma ruptura em relação ao que anteriormente era considerado como conteúdos escolares pertinentes ao ensino de Ciências/Química. No tratamento do tema saúde, por exemplo,os textos passaram a ocupar-se com a indicação de formas para viver mais e com mais saúde, com melhor aparência, com cuidados para a manutenção da agilidade e juventude, o que implica viver uma “democrática” ditadura de fazer escolhas responsáveis para os cuidados com o corpo, ou seja, nessas produções culturais o discurso do cuidado com a saúde encontra-se associado à vontade de mudanças de atitude dos sujeitos frente aos seus hábitos de vida. Em relação ao modo de focalizar o tema meio ambiente, os enunciados ressaltam a importância da incorporação de práticas cotidianas aos conteúdos escolares, sendo isso considerado requisito para o desenvolvimento da cidadania que, por sua vez, seria promovida na relação dos sujeitos com o meio ambiente. / In this PHD thesis, I examined some cultural production which allowed me to follow activities linked to Science/Chemistry school knowledge production. For that, I examined Brazilian teaching official documents, the National Curricular Parameters, some Chemistry didactic books and a scientific publication magazine (Superinteressante Magazine). The research was developed under inspiration of Cultural Studies, using theoretical support by Stuart Hall, which I tried to connect to Michel Foucault’s and Thomas Popkewitz’s thoughts to carry out discursive analysis. The analysis show the interconnections between the enunciates that are part of different speeches published in these production and indicate that themes such as health, environment, technological development and consume started to constitute the agenda, in the referred magazine, in the didactic books and in the National Curricular Parameters. This subjects legitimate and submit these themes to school teaching in the Science/Chemistry area in Basic Education. The insertion of new themes/contents indicates that there is a rupture regarding what was formally considered pertinent school contents to the teaching of Science/Chemistry. Regarding health, for example, the texts started to worry about living longer, healthier, having a better look, carrying about being agile and young, which implies living in a “democratic” dictatorship of making responsible choices regarding body care, in other words, in these cultural aspects the speech related to health care is associated to will changes of attitude in the people’s ways of living. About the environment theme, the texts highlight the importance of adding daily practices to the school contents, which is considered a prerequisite for the citizenship development to promote the relationship between the people and the environment.

Nesta tese de doutorado, examino algumas produções culturais que me permitiram acompanhar processos ligados à produção dos conhecimentos escolares em Ciências/Química. Para tanto, examinei documentos oficiais de ensino brasileiros – os PCNs, alguns livros didáticos de Química e uma revista de divulgação científica – a Revista Superinteressante. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida sob inspiração dos Estudos Culturais, utilizando aportes teóricos de Stuart Hall, que busquei conectar ao pensamento de Michel Foucault e Thomas Popkewitz para realizar as análises discursivas procedidas. Tais análises permitiram indicar entrelaçamentos entre os enunciados que compõem os diferentes discursos colocados em circulação por tais produções e indicar que temas como saúde, meio ambiente, desenvolvimento tecnológico e consumo passaram a constituir a “pauta” tanto da revista examinada, quanto dos livros didáticos e dos PCNs, o que, de certo modo, legitima e escolariza esses temas, no caso estudado na área de Ciências/Química, na Educação Básica. A inserção de novos temas/conteúdos indica haver uma ruptura em relação ao que anteriormente era considerado como conteúdos escolares pertinentes ao ensino de Ciências/Química. No tratamento do tema saúde, por exemplo,os textos passaram a ocupar-se com a indicação de formas para viver mais e com mais saúde, com melhor aparência, com cuidados para a manutenção da agilidade e juventude, o que implica viver uma “democrática” ditadura de fazer escolhas responsáveis para os cuidados com o corpo, ou seja, nessas produções culturais o discurso do cuidado com a saúde encontra-se associado à vontade de mudanças de atitude dos sujeitos frente aos seus hábitos de vida. Em relação ao modo de focalizar o tema meio ambiente, os enunciados ressaltam a importância da incorporação de práticas cotidianas aos conteúdos escolares, sendo isso considerado requisito para o desenvolvimento da cidadania que, por sua vez, seria promovida na relação dos sujeitos com o meio ambiente. / In this PHD thesis, I examined some cultural production which allowed me to follow activities linked to Science/Chemistry school knowledge production. For that, I examined Brazilian teaching official documents, the National Curricular Parameters, some Chemistry didactic books and a scientific publication magazine (Superinteressante Magazine). The research was developed under inspiration of Cultural Studies, using theoretical support by Stuart Hall, which I tried to connect to Michel Foucault’s and Thomas Popkewitz’s thoughts to carry out discursive analysis. The analysis show the interconnections between the enunciates that are part of different speeches published in these production and indicate that themes such as health, environment, technological development and consume started to constitute the agenda, in the referred magazine, in the didactic books and in the National Curricular Parameters. This subjects legitimate and submit these themes to school teaching in the Science/Chemistry area in Basic Education. The insertion of new themes/contents indicates that there is a rupture regarding what was formally considered pertinent school contents to the teaching of Science/Chemistry. Regarding health, for example, the texts started to worry about living longer, healthier, having a better look, carrying about being agile and young, which implies living in a “democratic” dictatorship of making responsible choices regarding body care, in other words, in these cultural aspects the speech related to health care is associated to will changes of attitude in the people’s ways of living. About the environment theme, the texts highlight the importance of adding daily practices to the school contents, which is considered a prerequisite for the citizenship development to promote the relationship between the people and the environment.

Numerous studies have attempted to measure scientists' influence by measuring the quantity of citations to their works. The problem with "citation counting," as it is called, is that it assumes that each listing of an author in a citation index is equal to another without bothering to explore the substantive uses of citations in the source article. The present study attempts to alleviate this problem by content analysis of citations in a limited sphere: reference to major philosophers of science by sociologists. In just over 100 sociology journals, citations to Thomas Kuhn, Karl Popper, Ernst Nagel, and Carl Hempel (overall, the most frequently cited philosophers of science) from 1971-1982 were randomly sampled. Each citation was classified according to the following criteria: 1) philosopher cited; 2) work cited, 3) exclusivity (whether cited with others); 4) multiplicity (number of citations by the philosopher in the same article); 5) type of article; and 6) purpose of citation. Purposes of citation included seven categories: 1) listing as relevant literature; 2) definition of a concept; 3) modification or extension of a philosopher's theory; 4) formulation of a research problem; 5) interpretation of results; 6) critical of philosopher's work; and 7) other. Analysis of these data revealed the following conclusions: 1) the major use of philosophy was the furnishing of concepts and their definitions; 2) philosophy of science played little or no role in directing research or interpreting results; 3) the use of citations differed greatly among the philosophers; 4) simple citation counting would have severely distorted the relative influences of each philosopher; and 5) the dialogue between sociology and the philosophy of science has, in the last decade, been dominated by Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions.

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The thesis focuses on Aristotelian-Thomist ethics system. In mainly deals with the differences in concept of beatitude, good and related issues, like the science of virtues. The emphasis is placed on understanding and covering the differences in aproach of St. Thomas Aquinas and Aristotele to these ethical topics. Firs the thesis characterises the main issue in Nicomachean Ethics, then outlines the thoughts and ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas in his Commentary, with emphasis on its diference from Aristoteles teachings. First three chapters are therefore the more descriptive part of the thesis, which is based on both primary and secondary textual sources. The fourth chapter is, then, the crucial, practical part, that summarizes St. Thomas theses and ideas concerning beatitude, good and happiness, coming from his unrivaled Commentary on the Ethics.