http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/19689 2026-06-10T06:51:53Z 2026-06-10T06:51:53Z Almeida, Rodrigo Cavalcante de http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86347 2026-05-18T18:23:40Z 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título: Do conceito de história à totalidade provisória em O Capital de Marx: limites e possibilidades do método Autor(es): Almeida, Rodrigo Cavalcante de Abstract: The present research takes as scope to analyze two fundamental concepts of Marx's method in the work The Capital. They are the concepts of History and Provisional Totality; defending the thesis that the development of the first concept or conception of History is configured, in part, in the second concept of Provisional Totality, which we consider to be a fundamental analytical key for understanding the work Capital and, therefore, its method. To this end, the paper is divided into two parts: the first part deals with the formation of the concept of History in Marx, demonstrating the processual and non-linear character of this concept in the work of the German thinker, from the works of youth, where we argue that there is not yet a concept of history in the author, but notions of history , based on a realistic posture and a keen notion of historicity, passing through the German Ideology, a turning point in Marx's work, and which marks the beginning of his conception of history, but not its completion, until the development of the critique of the lack of historicity of political economy. In the second part, which focuses on Capital, we will investigate the concept of Provisional Totality, implicit in the work. In fact, it is the very method of The Capital, which is nothing more than Marx's attempt, perhaps partly unconscious, to combine a dialectical presentation of the categories of the capitalist mode of production with a synthesis of the concrete historical process. In other words, a synthesis between a materialist dialectic and an open-ended conception of history, articulated in a totality that will therefore be provisional. It derives from this both the concept of law and the categories of social averages, making it possible to understand the various levels of abstraction between the three books, while expressing the limits and scope of Marx's method. Tipo: Tese

2023-01-01T00:00:00Z Fonseca, Anderson Luiz do Vale http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86146 2026-05-06T18:16:13Z 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título: Consciências coletivas: uma abordagem gradualista do monismo protopsíquico Autor(es): Fonseca, Anderson Luiz do Vale Abstract: The hypothesis that Collective Consciousnesses exist in the natural world challenges the assumption that consciousness is phenomenally determinate, since such forms would be in a gray area of phenomenal unification. This point of view, once its reasonableness is accepted, is in accordance with psychophysical gradualism, according to which consciousness is a vague property of biological organization. On this basis, we propose that Panprotopsychist Dual- Aspect Monism admits that subjective experience comes in degrees, correlated with the arrangement of the physical parts of a living system. Accordingly, there would be non- conscious, borderline, and conscious forms. The colony, in this case, is examined as a spatially distributed organism that exhibits a partially integrated experience. To support this argument, we investigate the Phenomenal Binding Problem to determine which physical process makes it possible for consciousnesses to be combined into an integrated whole. In addressing this issue, we argue that the synchronization of electromagnetic fields constitutes the physical substrate that enables the combination of the experiences of the colony’s components. The analysis of biological models, such as bryozoans and siphonophores, leads to the recognition of an evident relationship between the synchronization of (neuro)electrical oscillations and collective sensitivity. We conclude that distributed consciousness is not merely an analogical description, but a natural occurrence. Tipo: Tese

2026-01-01T00:00:00Z Alves, Irys Luna http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/85963 2026-04-23T13:43:13Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título: A linguagem na construção da realidade social: fundamentos da ontologia de John Searle Autor(es): Alves, Irys Luna Abstract: The investigation of social ontology is concerned with social objects and the ways in which they come to exist in the universe, forming what we know as institutional reality. In this work, we focus on analyzing the reasons that position language as a fundamental mechanism for the construction of the social world within John Searle's theoretical framework. The central objective, both for the theoretical field of social ontology and for the philosopher Searle, is to understand how entities such as money, laws, and government have causal power in the material reality even while possessing a metaphysical nature. Searle's thesis focuses its efforts on pointing to the linguistic apparatus as a fundamental and indispensable vehicle for this process. To this end, he draws on a theory of mind, named biological naturalism and developed by him, which posits the mind as an exclusively material phenomenon. Searle also commits to collective intentionality to justify the behavior observed in the establishment of institutional reality. Furthermore, he applies the theory of speech acts, already well-established in his previous work. In line with these theoretical commitments, Searle proposes the general formula we use to institute the institutional world. Through collective intentionality, language, and its deontic capacity, we create states of affairs in the world and enable the emergence of new realities. This process is carried out through the formula "X counts as Y in context C." By virtue of language's deontic capacity, we utter declarations and, through the mechanism of status assignment, construct the social entities and positions of the institutional world. However, this framework faces criticism, including that of Velasco, who points out the exclusive and incomplete character of Searle's theory for centering the efforts of the institutional world on language. He argues that this notion is mistaken because it overlooks the manifestations of other species that would be considered institutional but do not use the linguistic device to establish themselves. Finally, we seek to elucidate the reason why the language is privileged in the Searlean theory and the arguments with which John Searle responds to the criticisms leveled against his linguistic primacy. Tipo: Dissertação

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Ribeiro, Hugo José Pereira http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/85466 2026-03-26T17:44:32Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Título: Realidade, experiência, símbolo e a representação na filosofia política de Eric Voegelin Autor(es): Ribeiro, Hugo José Pereira Abstract: This dissertation analyzes the theory of political representation in Eric Voegelin, articulating the concepts of concrete reality, symbolic experience, and transcendence that he presented as antidotes to the spiritual crisis derived from modernity. It is argued that the degradation of modern conceptions of politics stems from the rupture with the transcendent, expressed in Gnosticism and positivism, which reduce political science to immanentist methodologies. Voegelin proposes the restoration of the classical "episteme politike," where representation is understood in three strata (elementary, existential, and transcendental), mediated by the authentic symbol. This research demonstrates that the reconnection with the symbolic dimension – expressed in societies' self-interpretation as a cosmion – is fundamental to re-establishing a legitimate political order. It is concluded that representation, in its transcendental form, reconciles the human with the divine, overcoming totalizing ideologies through a philosophical education that rescues metaphysics, centered on the experience of the sacred. Tipo: Dissertação

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