Ensaiando a complexidade.

Abstract

Taking as a starting point a survey about the modern-contemporary dualism, more specifically the Cartesian dichotomy between body and mind, this text intends to reflect on some of the consequences involved when complexity is recognized and accepted as a mark of reality and of knowledge. The choice of the essay as a form of writing is the attempt to be consistent with the reasoning that deals with the complex. The writing of philosophical essays date back to the 16th century, when it was inaugurated by Montaigne and, several centuries later, accepted in its spirit by Nietzsche. In this article, among the various topics relevant to a rapprochement with the complexity, I highlight the following: the importance of transdisciplinarity; the critical analysis of the truth model and criteria(clarity and distinction) as proposed by Descartes; a critic of the position that assumes that there are neutral and knowledge fully objectives; the problem related to the way modern/contemporary philosophy circumscribe the academic writings and the knowledge production; the social effects of the spread of dichotomy into daily life; the defense of philosophy and science as fictions; and, the ethical demands inherent on the acceptance of complexity. Because it is an essay, the article is not intended to exhaust the meanings, but improve them by providing some possible reading and understanding on regard to a philosophy of complexity. Finally, all philosophical efforts of ' Essaying Complexity’ are joint on the hope that it can serve as a catalyst for dialogue.