Literatura, filosofia e ciência: esquinas

Abstract

Cartesianism, still prevalent in academy and society, promoted the fragmentation of knowledge and a dichotomous way of thinking (subject/object, part/whole, reason/emotion, etc.). As an overcoming of these Cartesian principles and as a result of the advance of knowledge and the challenge that globality poses for the 21st century, transdisciplinarity arises, which proposes the reconnection of compartmentalized knowledge. Transdisciplinarity refers to what lies between disciplines, across and beyond disciplines, beyond disciplinary epistemological boundaries. Transdisciplinarity is the carrier of moving thoughts that lead to indisciplinarities. It is not, however, a question of erasing the differences between disciplines, but of adding differences, making the borders more porous. Every subject is in relation to the Other. In the same way, every discourse is in relation to other discourses. Hence the importance of dialogue - between different people, different cultures, and also against the walls erected by the departmental divisions of the academy, which nourish vanities, individualisms and egocentrisms, a dialogue between different areas of knowledge. It is precisely what this work intends - from a transdisciplinary point of view, it seeks to bridge the gap created between scientific culture and the culture of the humanities, and establish relations between literature, philosophy and science.