Themes of the nature of sciences from a historical episode: the debates about the nature of light in the first half of the nineteenth century

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Rilavia Almeida de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Martins, André Ferrer Pinto, Silva, Ana Paula Bispo da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/fisica/article/view/2175-7941.2020v37n1p197

This paper works in the context of the discussions about the insertion of the “Nature of Science” (NOS) in the teaching of science through the use of the History and Philosophy of Science (HPS). Starting from the analysis of the aspects about the debate concerning the nature of light in the beginning of the nineteenth century, it is proposed the discussion of several themes of the Nature of Science (NOS), with emphasis in the different factors related to the process of evaluation between rival theories. Particularly, it is brought the contributions of Thomas Young and Augustin Fresnel concerning the dispute between the wave and corpuscular theory of light, highlighting the context of the British and the French aspects in this period. Some themes related to the knowledge about science emerge from the presentation of this historical episode, directly more related to the historical and sociological questions as well as concerning the epistemological questions that can be problematized and explored at the teaching of physics.