O ENCONTRO ENTRE A FILOSOFIA DA CIÊNCIA E A FILOSOFIA DA EDUCAÇÃO EM PAULO FREIRE E ENRIQUE DUSSEL

Abstract

This article aims to expose the relationship between two specific areas of philosophy in Paulo Freire's thought: the philosophy of education and the philosophy of science. Our interpretation through the author's work reveals a complementarity between the two areas, as well as its repercussions for liberation theories. In order for Freire to develop a radical pedagogy that exposed reality in a critical way to encourage students to move towards the horizon of transformation, a review of the scientific status of the human sciences was necessary, to allow alternative theoretical constructions to the perspectives dominant sciences. This epistemological rupture proposed by Freire in his first works will enable the development of new knowledge imbued with scientific validity, the result of dialogue between the educator, with his critical science, and the students, with their experiences and knowledge typical of common sense. The result is the formation of a new gnoseological situation, capable of revealing the causes and origins of systems of oppression that penalize majorities for the benefit of a privileged minority, to create conditions for thinking about emancipation. We will conclude our examination by also bringing Enrique Dussel's contributions to Freirian thought.