BEYOND THE PARADIGM (ON THE LEGACY OF THOMAS KUHN) BY NABIL ARAÚJO (RIO DE JANEIRO: EDUERJ, 2023)

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https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v14i4.65646

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paradigm, theory, historiography

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With Além do paradigma (Sobre o legado de Thomas Kuhn), “Beyond the Paradigm (On the legacy of Thomas Kuhn)”, Nabil Araújo undertakes a theoretical contribution about the production of knowledge within the University. “Além” (beyond) here, "beyond the paradigm," provides a triple key for reading. First, it is a study "on the legacy of Thomas Kuhn" and his Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962) in a broad sense, in which the author thinks about the place of the "paradigm" in the conceptual edifice of the historiography of science. In the second sense, "beyond" indicates something of Thomas Kuhn's own position concerning a legacy such as he did not intended it to be his, in his sayings, a legacy arising from the "excessive plasticity" of the word "paradigm." This excessive plasticity, which causes a "loss of control", as Araújo reminds us, however, can be thought of as an surplus-value of the Kuhnian reflection. In this sense, a third "beyond" is performed, produced by the Araújo’s work itself, as he seeks to situate Kuhn's observations towards an opening. What is aimed at is, as the author proposes, "a truly renewed vision of the function of historiography put into play in Structure".

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ARAÚJO, Nabil. Além do paradigma (Sobre o legado de Thomas Kuhn). Rio de Janeiro: Eduerj, 2023.

ARAÚJO, Nabil. O evento comparatista: da morte da literatura comparada ao nascimento da crítica. Londrina: Eduel, 2019.

ARAÚJO, Nabil. Teoria da Literatura e História da Crítica: Momentos Decisivos. Rio de Janeiro: EdUERJ, 2020.

KUHN, Thomas. A estrutura das revoluções científicas. São Paulo: Perspectiva, 2013.

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2023-11-10

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Vol. 14 No. 4 (2023): Thomas Kuhn: Science, History and the Scientific Community

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