The cosmological divergent proliferation in Feyerabend's pluralism

Deivide Garcia da Silva Oliveira

doi:10.5007/1808-1711.2021.e72764

Autores

Deivide Garcia da Silva Oliveira Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2021.e72764

Resumo

Neste artigo eu defendo que a proliferação feyerabendiana é melhor entendida como proliferação cosmologicamente divergente. O aspecto divergente, inspirado por um pano de fundo Darwinista, também afeta outros elementos da filosofia de Feyerabend, como o pluralismo que dele procede, como o aspecto cosmológico. A dimensão cosmológica influencia não apenas como teorias deveriam proliferar, divergentemente, mas também como elas devem ser tenazmente retidas e comparadas. Nosso objetivo leva a reforçar a visão de Feyerabend de que a proliferação nunca está sozinha, mas ladeada pela tenacidade. Esta é a razão para vermos estes dois princípios como dois lados da mesma moeda. Ademais, quando abordamos a tenacidade, discutimos os seus três aspectos (atratividade, frutificação e retenção) e como eles estão relacionados à proliferação cosmologicamente divergente em dois modos. Primeiro, trabalhando com as cosmologias inventadas pela proliferação a fim de evolui-las. Segundo, retendo todas as teorias via o que chamamos suspensão prática. Como resultado, defendemos que tal abordagem, como pluralismo divergente, é um modo adequado para o entendimento do pluralismo de Feyerabend e para evitar desentendimentos da sua filosofia.

Biografia do Autor

Deivide Garcia da Silva Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia

Professor Adjunto, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas-CCAAB

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