Research Topics
The lines of research are supported by research centers and groups involving professors and students of the Graduate Program who meet regularly in seminars, meetings and colloquia to present and debate their research projects. Several projects involve more than one professor from the same line of research, which demonstrates the fruitful interaction and collaboration between the Program's professors. In addition, a significant number of the permanent professors and students participate in more than one line of the program, which allows greater integration between them and the formation of research links based on the affinities of the philosophical questions and methodological approaches explored in their research.
Around 70% of our permanent professors are CNPQ Research Productivity Fellows and lead various research projects in national and international networks. This not only demonstrates the full adherence of our professors to the field of philosophy, but also the high quality of our intellectual output and the link between formation and research.
Within the scope of research networks, which bring together two or more institutions and research groups, it is worth highlighting the existence of FAPESP Thematic Projects and international agreements led or made up of professors from the Program:
Thematic project funded by FAPESP “Rationality, logic and probability: RatioLog” (process 20/16353-3), coordinated by Prof. Marcelo Esteban Coniglio.
Thematic Project funded by FAPESP “Crises of democracy: Critical Theory and diagnosis of the present time” (process 19/22387-0), coordinated by Prof. Marcos Severino Nobre.
Institutional Internationalization Program - CAPES-PRINT “The Transformations of Philosophy”, coordinated by Prof. Márcio Augusto Damin Custódio.
SPRINT FAPESP Project - International mobility in a cooperation agreement with CONICET (Process: 20/00703-5), coordinated by Prof. Marco Antonio Caron Ruffino.
CAPES/COFECUB Project - “Logic and the intelligibility of computational processes" (Process: 88881.878969/2023-01), with the participation of Professor Marcelo Esteban Coniglio
Maria Sibylla Merian Centres for Advanced Studies conviviality-inequality in Latin America, directed by Professor Marcos Severino Nobre, with funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
LINES OF RESEARCH
The Graduate Program in Philosophy at the State University of Campinas currently has four lines of research that cover the entire field of the program's area of concentration, which is Philosophy, and are also harmoniously articulated. The program's four Lines of Reaserch are:
The Graduate Program in Philosophy at the State University of Campinas currently has four lines of research that cover the entire field of the program's area of concentration, which is Philosophy, and are also harmoniously articulated. The program's four Lines of Research are:
I. HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
Description: This line covers the following segments:
a) History of Ancient Philosophy, dedicated to the classical authors of Greek Philosophy and is intended to investigate, with the help of philological analysis of the Greek text, the fundamental philosophical themes around which the philosophy of the period is organized;
b) History of Medieval Philosophy: using the reception of the classics of philosophical antiquity as a guiding thread, it covers authors, schools or themes from the period known as the “Middle Age” (5th-14th centuries);
c) History of Modern Philosophy, which covers the 17th and 18th centuries and aims to include the authors who began the rationalist tradition, contractualist theorists such as Rousseau and Hobbes, Enlightenment philosophers such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Kantian philosophy and German idealism;
d) History of Contemporary Philosophy, which covers various contemporary strands of philosophy, with an emphasis on Critical Theory, Aesthetics and Philosophy of culture.
PROFESSORS:
BRENO ANDRADE ZUPPOLINI
ENEIAS JUNIOR FORLIN
FÁTIMA REGINA RODRIGUES EVORA
INARA LUISA MARIN
LUCAS ANGIONI
MARCIO AUGUSTO DAMIN CUSTODIO
MARCOS SEVERINO NOBRE
MONIQUE FRAGELLI HULSHOF
TAISA HELENA PASCALE PALHARES
OSWALDO GIACOIA JUNIOR
RAFAEL RODRIGUES GARCIA
YARA ADARIO FRATESCHI
II. LOGIC
Description: This line is dedicated to the investigation and systematic analysis of logical systems from the perspective of contemporary formal philosophical logic in its plurality. This line includes the following segments:
a) Non-Classical Logics, dedicated to the investigation of the various conceptual aspects of paraconsistent, fuzzy, modal, intuitionistic logics, and other so-called “non-classical” logic systems, seeking to find interrelationships between different types of logics (using, for example, translations between logic systems), as well as the definition of appropriate proof systems and semantics; and
b) Formal Semantics, dedicated to the investigation and proposal of formal semantics such as semantics of bivalences, possible worlds, probabilistic and possibilistic semantics, logical matrices and twist structures. Within this segment, the study and development of non-deterministic semantics stands out, especially through non-deterministic matrices and swap structures, the latter introduced by M. Coniglio and W. Carnielli. These studies include algebraic aspects and category theory. One of the aims of developing general semantics is to apply it to the theory of combinations between logics.
PROFESSORS:
FABIO MAIA BERTATO
ÍTALA MARIA LOFFREDO D’OTTAVIANO
JULIANA BUENO
MARCELO ESTEBAN CONIGLIO
MARCO ANTONIO CARON RUFFINO
WALTER ALEXANDRE CARNIELLI
III. ETHICAL-POLITICAL THOUGHT
Description: This line of research is dedicated to the systematic investigation of classical and contemporary themes in ethics and political philosophy. This line covers the following areas:
a) The relationship between ethics and politics from the perspective of updating classical themes in the contemporary debate, with a relevant historical-philosophical study for reflection on the demands and problems of the present;
b) Theories of Democracy, the State and Law, from different perspectives and theoretical matrices, with an emphasis on Critical Theory and the republican, liberal, socialist and democratic strands (representative, participatory, deliberative and radical democracy) and their most prominent representatives in modern and contemporary times.
c) Feminist Theories, focusing on the relationship between Ethics and Politics based on the diagnosis of the exclusion of women from the public sphere and the demand for women's rights;
d) Critical Race Theory, focusing on the relationship between Ethics and Politics based on the diagnosis of the exclusion of black people from the public sphere and the demand for their rights, as elaborated by contemporary black philosophers.
PROFESSORS:
JEANNE MARIE GAGNEBIN DE BONS
JOAO CARLOS KFOURI QUARTIM DE MORAES
MARCOS SEVERINO NOBRE
MONIQUE FRAGELLI HULSHOF
RAFAEL RODRIGUES GARCIA
TAISA HELENA PASCALE PALHARES
YARA ADARIO FRATESCHI
IV. THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND LANGUAGE
Description: Dedicated to approaching classic themes in the theory of knowledge and to philosophical, methodological and historical reflection on science and language, this line covers the following segments:
a) Philosophy of Language, dedicated to the analysis of meaning and its epistemic and metaphysical developments, as well as to the pragmatic aspects of communication;
b) Philosophy of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, which investigates the explanatory models of conceptual genesis and the strategies of grounding in psychology and psychoanalysis;
c) Theory of Knowledge, seeks to investigate the philosophical reflections that have been made throughout the history of philosophy on the nature of knowledge, its sources, its limits, and above all, its validity and means of justification;
d) Philosophy of Science, investigates the nature of scientific knowledge, its foundations and implications; among the issues addressed are: genesis and justification of scientific theories; rationality and progress of science; scientific realism and anti-realism; scientific explanations; the interface of the philosophy of science with the history of science; conceptual and theoretical problems relating to the foundations of physical theories; social and ethical aspects of scientific activity; and finally,
e) History of the Philosophy of Nature, which is designed to investigate fundamental themes of historical reflection on the philosophy of nature, from Aristotle to the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries, passing through the reception and transformation of Aristotelian thought in the Middle and Modern Ages.
DOCENTES:
DANIEL OMAR PEREZ
FÁTIMA REGINA RODRIGUES EVORA
INARA LUISA MARIN
LUIZ BENEDICTO LACERDA ORLANDI
MARCO ANTONIO CARON RUFFINO
MARCIO AUGUSTO DAMIN CUSTODIO
SILVIO SENO CHIBENI
ZELJKO LOPARIC
1. História da Filosofia
Esta linha abrange os segmentos:
a) História da Filosofia Antiga: dedicada a autores clássicos da Filosofia Grega e se destina a investigar, com o auxílio da análise filológica do texto grego, os temas filosóficos fundamentais em torno dos quais se organiza a filosofia do período;
b) História da Filosofia Medieval: tendo como fio condutor a recepção dos clássicos da antiguidade filosófica, percorrem-se autores, escolas ou temas do período denominado "Idade Média" (séc. V-XIV);
c) História da Filosofia Moderna: compreende os séculos XVII e XVIII e visa enfeixar os autores que iniciam a tradição racionalista, os teóricos contratualistas, como Rousseau e Hobbes, filósofas iluministas, como Mary Wollstonecraft, a filosofia kantiana e o idealismo alemão;
d) História da Filosofia Contemporânea: contempla diversas vertentes contemporâneas da filosofia, com ênfase em Teoria Crítica, Estética e filosofia da cultura.
Docentes Permanentes
Breno Andrade Zuppolini
Fátima Regina Rodrigues Évora
Inara Luisa Marin Voirol
Lucas Angioni
Márcio Augusto Damin Custódio
Marcos Severino Nobre
Monique Fragelli Hulshof
Oswaldo Giacóia Júnior
Rafael Rodrigues Garcia
Taisa Helena Pascale Palhares
Yara Adario Frateschi
Docentes Colaboradores
Enéias Júnior Forlin
2. Lógica
Trata-se de uma linha dedicada à investigação e análise sistemática de sistemas lógicos desde a perspectiva da lógica filosófica formal contemporânea em sua pluralidade. Esta linha abrange os segmentos:
a) Lógicas Não-Clássicas: dedicado à investigação dos diversos aspectos conceituais das lógicas paraconsistentes, fuzzy, modais, intuicionista, e outros sistemas de lógicas ditas “não-clássicas”, procurando encontrar inter-relações entre diferentes tipos de lógicas (utilizando-se, por exemplo, traduções entre sistemas lógicos), assim como a definição de sistemas de prova e semânticas adequadas; e
b) Semânticas Formais: dedicado à investigação e proposta de semânticas formais tais como semânticas de bivalorações, de mundos possíveis, probabilística e possibilística, de matrizes lógicas e de estruturas twist. Dentro deste segmento tem destaque o estudo e desenvolvimento de semânticas não determinísticas, em especial através de matrizes não determinísticas e de estruturas swap, estas últimas introduzidas por M. Coniglio e W. Carnielli. Estes estudos incluem aspectos algébricos e da teoria de categorias. Um dos objetivos do desenvolvimento de semânticas gerais é a sua aplicação na teoria de combinações entre lógicas.
Docentes Permanentes
Fabio Maia Bertato
Ítala Maria L.D'Ottaviano
Juliana Bueno
Marcelo Esteban Coniglio
Marco Antonio Caron Ruffino
Walter Alexandre Carnielli
3. Pensamento Ético-Político
Trata-se de uma linha de pesquisa dedicada à investigação sistemática de temas clássicos e contemporâneos de Ética e filosofia política. Esta linha abrange os segmentos:
a) Relação entre a Ética e a política sob a perspectiva da atualização de temas clássicos no debate contemporâneo, com estudo histórico-filosófico pertinente para a reflexão sobre as demandas e problemas do presente;
b) Teorias da Democracia, do Estado e do Direito, a partir de perspectivas e matrizes teóricas diversas, com ênfase na Teoria Crítica e nas vertentes republicanas, liberais, socialistas e democráticas (democracia representativa, participativa, deliberativa e radical) e seus representantes mais destacados na modernidade e na contemporaneidade.
c) Teorias Feministas, com foco na relação entre Ética e Política a partir do diagnóstico da exclusão das mulheres da esfera pública e da reivindicação dos direitos das mulheres;
d) Teoria Crítica da Raça, com foco na relação entre Ética e Política a partir do diagnóstico da exclusão das pessoas negras da esfera pública e da reivindicação dos seus direitos, tal qual elaborado por filósofas e filósofos negros contemporâneos.
Docentes Permanentes
João Carlos K. Quartim de Moraes
Marcos Severino Nobre
Monique Fragelli Hulshof
Rafael Rodrigues Garcia
Taisa Helena Pascale Palhares
Yara Adario Frateschi
Docentes Colaboradores
Jeanne Marie Gagnebin de Bons
4. Teoria do Conhecimento e Filosofia da Ciência e da Linguagem
Dedicada à abordagem de temas clássicos de teoria do conhecimento e à reflexão filosófica, metodológica e histórica sobre a ciência e a linguagem, esta linha abrange os segmentos:
a) Filosofia da Linguagem: dedicada à análise do significado e seus desdobramentos epistêmicos e metafísicos, bem como aos aspectos pragmáticos da comunicação;
b) Filosofia da Psicologia e da Psicanálise: que investiga os modelos explicativos da gênese conceitual e as estratégias de fundamentação na psicologia e na psicanálise;
c) Teoria do Conhecimento: busca investigar as reflexões filosóficas, que, ao longo da história da filosofia, foram feitas sobre a natureza do conhecimento, suas fontes, seus limites, e principalmente, sua validade e meios de justificação;
d) Filosofia da Ciência: investiga-se a natureza do conhecimento científico, seus fundamentos e implicações; entre as questões abordadas estão: gênese e justificação de teorias científicas; racionalidade e progresso da ciência; realismo e anti-realismo científicos; explicações científicas; a interface da filosofia da ciência com a história da ciência; problemas conceituais e teóricos relativos aos fundamentos de teorias físicas; aspectos sociais e éticos da atividade científica;
e) História da Filosofia da Natureza: que destina-se a investigar temas fundamentais da reflexão histórica sobre a filosofia da natureza, desde Aristóteles até a revolução científica dos séculos XVI e XVII, passando pela recepção e transformação do pensamento aristotélico na Idade Média e Moderna.
Docentes Permanentes
Daniel Omar Perez
Fátima Regina Rodrigues Évora
Inara Luisa Marin Voirol
Márcio Augusto Damin Custódio
Marco Antonio Caron Ruffino
Silvio Seno Chibeni
Docentes Colaboradores
Luiz Benedicto L.Orlandi
