Readressing Boaventura’s “A Discourse on the Sciences” « Alice

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Readressing Boaventura’s “A Discourse on the Sciences”

Lucimar Almeida Dantas wrote an article where the “Discourse on the Sciences” of Boaventura de Sousa Santos is again at the centre, more than twenty five year after the original release. The article proposes a dialogue between the aforementioned text and the creativity of Carlos Drummond the Andrade, who remains as one of the most recognized Brazilian poets. The full journal article is available here. Reference:

Dantas, L. A. (2014). From Drummond to Boaventura: In Search of Humanities in Scientific Epistemology. Psychology Research, 4(9).

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