Pensamento científico, integridade de caráter e coletividade: uma leitura sobre a ética da crença de William Kingdon Clifford

• Autor(a) principal: Miguel, Leonardo Rogério
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/12165
• topic: William Kingdon Clifford; The ethics of belief; Science and values; Intellectual life; 19th Century; Clifford, William Kingdon, 1845-1879.; Ética; Intelectuais - Inglaterra; William Kingdon Clifford; Ética da crença; Ciência e valores; Vida intelectual; Século XIX; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::FILOSOFIA::EPISTEMOLOGIA

In this work, we address some aspects of the interrelation between knowledge, ethics and values inside scientific activity according to the ideas of Victorian mathematician-philosopher, William Kingdon Clifford. What is at stake in the overall theme of this thesis is the way the production, evaluation and transmission of scientific knowledge interact with the behaviors, responsibilities and character traits of the investigator. William Clifford is a little known author to the Brazilian philosophical public, thus our primary goal is to offer an introduction to some of his thoughts and intellectual productions, as well as a commented description of Clifford s most famous paper, The Ethics of Belief . By these means, we extract some of his ideas regarding the ethical characteristics and ethical consequences of scientific inquiry. So, these are our guiding question: in what way is knowledge production shaped by the personality and ethical behavior of the person engaged in such production? To what extent does it promote the development of socially desirable and favorable personal characteristics? What are the consequences for society of the interrelation between the investigator's character traits and the epistemic values which he/she puts into action, and without which it seems impossible to obtain reliable knowledge?