Os Modelos de Atila: um estudo sobre filosofia e divulgação da ciência

Ivan Ferreira da Cunha; Thalyta Bertotti; Paulo Emmanuel Fernandes

doi:10.32334/oqnfp.2023n52a849

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Published: Jun 30, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32334/oqnfp.2023n52a849

Keywords:

philosophy of science, pragmatics of modeling, CoViD-19 pandemics, science and politics, social networks, scientific popularization

Ivan Ferreira da Cunha

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2060-2493

Thalyta Bertotti

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Paulo Fernandes

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Abstract

This paper discusses aspects of philosophy of science out of an event that took place at the beginning of the CoViD-19 pandemics in Brazil, to know, the polemic involving broadcasts in social networks by microbiologist and science popularizer Atila Iamarino. These broadcasts were considered alarmist by some parts of society and the media. We argue that Iamarino reasons in an eminently scientific manner, building and operating models. An analysis of the pragmatics of modeling indicates that Iamarino articulated abstract structures to promote mediation among different domains of knowledge under ceteris paribus conditions. His reasoning is nevertheless simplified in view of his aim of scientific popularization. This analysis allows for reflections about the political role that science popularization plays in our society and about the role of philosophy in scientific education.

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Vol. 31 No. 52 (2023): Post-Pandemic dossier

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Author Biographies

Ivan Ferreira da Cunha, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

He has been a professor in the Philosophy Department at the Federal University of Santa Catarina since May 2016. He graduated in Philosophy from the State University of Londrina (2005); he completed his master's degree (2008) and doctorate (2012) in the area of Epistemology and Logic from the Graduate Program in Philosophy at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. He was a visiting researcher at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA, 2010-11), at UFSC (2012-14), at the State University of Maringá (2014-15) and at the Institut Wiener Kreis [Institute Vienna Circle] of the Universität Wien (Vienna, Austria, 2022-23). He carried out a research visit (October/2023) at the Center de Philosophie de la Mémoire, Université Grenoble Alpes (Grenoble, France). He conducts research in the field of philosophy of science. Since 2017 he has been Executive Editor of Principia: an international journal of epistemology, and is involved in organizing the Principia International Symposia.

Thalyta Bertotti, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Master's degree from the Philosophy Postgraduate Program at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, in the area of Epistemology and Logic. Degree in Physics from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Santa Catarina. Areas of interest: Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Sciences, Physics Teaching and Education.

Paulo Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

He has a degree in Philosophy from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (2019) and a secondary education degree from SENAI - Regional Department of Santa Catarina (2014). He has experience in Philosophy.

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