http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/19689 Thu, 14 May 2026 06:17:48 GMT 2026-05-14T06:17:48Z http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86146 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 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/86146 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/85963 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 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/85963 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/85466 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 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/85466 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/85463 Título: Oficina de conceitos para além do ensino transmissivo Autor(es): Carvalho, Carlos Gabriel da Silva Abstract: This dissertation aims to philosophically explore the teaching of philosophy at the Brazilian high school level, with focus on the workshop of concepts of the Brazilian philosopher Sílvio Gallo. It seeks to understand if the teaching of philosophy as the creation of concepts can get over the model of teaching as transmission of contents, through the approach of the workshop of concepts of the Brazilian author. It dialogues with the theory of Deleuze-Guattari, who originally theorized philosophy as the invention of concepts, and with authors working, directly or indirectly, on the limitations of Gallo’s theory.The work is divided into three main chapters. The first presents a theoretical review of the concept of philosophy as the creation of concepts and its political implications. The second explores philosophy teaching through a perspective influenced by Sílvio Gallo, presenting various topics he addresses, culminating in his methodological proposal of the concept workshop. The third chapter investigates, through different authors’ works, the current configuration of philosophy teaching in Brazil, addressing the challenges and limitations that Gallo’s work can find. From this point of view, the dissertation concludes that, in spite of various benefits and merits that constitute it, Gallo’s workshop shows to have limitations in theoretical consistency, especially the absence of a clear articulation between its political and educational dimensions, which could generate setbacks in the attempt to overcome teaching as transmission at the high school level. Tipo: Dissertação Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/85463 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z