Georges Canguilhem: combats for history of science

Author(s)

Tiago Santos Almeida

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2016-09-30

Examining board members

Sara Albieri; Jose Ricardo de Carvalho Mesquita Ayres; Maria Amelia Mascarenhas Dantes; Andre Mota; Mauricio de Carvalho Ramos

• Advisor: Sara Albieri

Abstract

We propose a simultaneously historical and epistemological exploration of Georges Canguilhems work, seeking to broaden and deepen our understanding of the criteria that determine both how objects of study are chosen, and how the investigative methods and rules for writing the history of the sciences are defined. This exploration is further supported by a reconstruction of the intellectual debates in which Canguilhem became involved over the course of his academic career, leading to various twists and turns in his thought. Hence the project involves an inquiry into the eventful formation of a body of thought of key importance to the general theory of the History of Science, seeking to move beyond the dichotomy between internalism and externalism. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/00418-2 - The historicization of sciences in George Canguilhem s work
• Grantee: Tiago Santos Almeida
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate