Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatism

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Autor(a) principal: Cunha, Ivan Ferreira da
Data de Publicação: 2015
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cognitio (São Paulo. Online)
Texto Completo: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/article/view/23075
Resumo: This paper presents some aspects of Otto Neurath’s proposal for the foundations of the social sciences. Neurath’s proposal is expounded in relation to the Vienna Circle’s general aim of establishing unified science, a cooperative network of people who adopt the scientific world-conception. Such a point of view takes science to be an attitude that generates a collective effort for dealing with the world. This paper shows the scientific world-conception as a humanist, pluralist, and fallibilist approach to science, contrasting with the view adopted by Auguste Comte at the birth of the social sciences. From Neurath’s point of view, Comte’s stance is seen as absolutist and technocratic. In opposition to that, Neurath provides a picture of science that contributes to a free society by means of education. Finally this paper presents some connections between Neurath and John Dewey, indicating a more comprehensive way of understanding the social sciences. 
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spelling Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatismAs ciências sociais de Neurath: entre positivismo e pragmatismoNeurath. Comte. Dewey. Filosofia das ciências sociais.Neurath. Comte. Dewey. Philosophy of the social sciences.This paper presents some aspects of Otto Neurath’s proposal for the foundations of the social sciences. Neurath’s proposal is expounded in relation to the Vienna Circle’s general aim of establishing unified science, a cooperative network of people who adopt the scientific world-conception. Such a point of view takes science to be an attitude that generates a collective effort for dealing with the world. This paper shows the scientific world-conception as a humanist, pluralist, and fallibilist approach to science, contrasting with the view adopted by Auguste Comte at the birth of the social sciences. From Neurath’s point of view, Comte’s stance is seen as absolutist and technocratic. In opposition to that, Neurath provides a picture of science that contributes to a free society by means of education. Finally this paper presents some connections between Neurath and John Dewey, indicating a more comprehensive way of understanding the social sciences. Este artigo apresenta alguns aspectos da proposta de Otto Neurath para os fundamentos das ciências sociais. A proposta de Neurath é exposta em relação ao objetivo geral do Círculo de Viena, o de estabelecer a ciência unificada, uma rede cooperativa de pessoas que adotam a concepção de mundo científica. Tal ponto de vista toma a ciência como uma atitude que gera um esforço coletivo para lidar com o mundo. Este artigo mostra a concepção de mundo científica como uma abordagem humanista, pluralista e falibilista à ciência, em contraste com a visão adotada por Auguste Comte no nascimento das ciências sociais. A partir do ponto de vista de Neurath, a postura de Comte é vista como absolutista e tecnocrata. Em oposição a isso, Neurath oferece uma imagem da ciência que contribui para uma sociedade livre por meio da educação. Por fim, este artigo apresenta algumas conexões entre Neurath e John Dewey, indicando uma maneira mais abrangente de entender as ciências sociais.Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo2015-04-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/article/view/23075Cognitio: Revista de Filosofia; Vol. 15 No. 2 (2014); 315-332Cognitio: Revista de Filosofia; v. 15 n. 2 (2014); 315-3322316-52781518-7187reponame:Cognitio (São Paulo. Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)instacron:PUC_SPenghttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/article/view/23075/16703Copyright (c) 2015 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCunha, Ivan Ferreira da2024-07-01T13:09:39Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/23075Revistahttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofiaPRIhttps://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/cognitiofilosofia/oairevcognitio@gmail.com2316-52781518-7187opendoar:2024-07-01T13:09:39Cognitio (São Paulo. Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatism
As ciências sociais de Neurath: entre positivismo e pragmatismo
title Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatism
spellingShingle Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatism
Cunha, Ivan Ferreira da
Neurath. Comte. Dewey. Filosofia das ciências sociais.
Neurath. Comte. Dewey. Philosophy of the social sciences.
title_short Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatism
title_full Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatism
title_fullStr Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatism
title_full_unstemmed Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatism
title_sort Neurath’s social sciences: between positivism and pragmatism
author Cunha, Ivan Ferreira da
author_facet Cunha, Ivan Ferreira da
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Neurath. Comte. Dewey. Filosofia das ciências sociais.
Neurath. Comte. Dewey. Philosophy of the social sciences.
topic Neurath. Comte. Dewey. Filosofia das ciências sociais.
Neurath. Comte. Dewey. Philosophy of the social sciences.
description This paper presents some aspects of Otto Neurath’s proposal for the foundations of the social sciences. Neurath’s proposal is expounded in relation to the Vienna Circle’s general aim of establishing unified science, a cooperative network of people who adopt the scientific world-conception. Such a point of view takes science to be an attitude that generates a collective effort for dealing with the world. This paper shows the scientific world-conception as a humanist, pluralist, and fallibilist approach to science, contrasting with the view adopted by Auguste Comte at the birth of the social sciences. From Neurath’s point of view, Comte’s stance is seen as absolutist and technocratic. In opposition to that, Neurath provides a picture of science that contributes to a free society by means of education. Finally this paper presents some connections between Neurath and John Dewey, indicating a more comprehensive way of understanding the social sciences. 
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