In search of an existentiel-videnskab: Kierkegaard and the ontology of inter-esse
Gabriel Ferreira da Silva
This book brings to a wider audience the exact text, with minimal corrections, of the doctoral thesis defended at the Postgraduate Program in Philosophy at the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Unisinos, in April 2015. On that occasion the panel was composed by professor Álvaro Valls, the thesis advisor to whom I owe so much, and by professors Mário Porta (PUC-SP), my eternal teacher who taught me what philosophy is, Poul Lübcke (University of Copenhagen), my co-supervisor when I research internship in Denmark and who became a great friend from whom I learned a lot until his death in 2020, Marcelo de Aquino, a magnificent person and then magnificent rector of Unisinos, and the dear and very competent Adriano de Brito. They all helped me immensely in the doctoral process and, each in their own way, were fundamental for the thesis to reach a successful conclusion, being approved with maximum marks and receiving the Honorable Mention of the CAPES Thesis Award that year. As stated, apart from some small corrections and edits, I chose not to change anything substantial in the text for this publication. Not because I think it is irreproachable, but because I think that, in addition to being a document that captures the path of my studies on Kierkegaard's ontology, it can continue to be, as it was written, of some value to scholars of the Danish thinker for to advance some unusual issues and to record well the state of the issues it deals with, even today.
Immanuel Kant's thought
Mario Ariel González Porta
The book “The thought of Immanuel Kant” opens the collection “Introduction to the great philosophers”, published by Editora Monergismo, intending to be, in the words of Prof. Dr. Mario Porta, “an introduction course to the thought of Immanuel Kant in its epistemological and ethical dimension”. This first volume is aimed primarily at philosophy students, however, it can also be useful for a mere philosophy enthusiast or someone who wishes to expand their general knowledge. Furthermore, the book aims to fulfill an essentially didactic function, explaining the assumptions that give meaning to the problem of the Critique of Pure Reason, the author also shows us his method of studying philosophy.
Brentano's School
Mario Ariel González Porta
Franz Brentano must be seen as part of the movement of reaction to the speculative idealism that was imposed in the Germanic cultural context of the second half of the 19th century. Around him, an active group of disciples is configured, among which Edmund Husserl, Alexius von Meinong, Anton Marty, Kasimir Twardowski and Benno Kerry stand out. Brentano's school, in itself possessing an extremely fruitful immanent development, plays a decisive role in the origins of contemporary philosophy, being the matrix of ideas and a necessary interlocutor in the process of formation of phenomenology and analytical philosophy.
Philosophy from its problems
Mario Ariel González Porta
Didactics and methodology of philosophical study The book appears in the Philosophical Readings collection. Philosophy has a reputation for being difficult, obscure and even arbitrary. But much of the usual difficulty in understanding it is due to a lack of understanding of the "problem" that philosophy deals with. In this book, Mario Ariel González Porta offers a didactic and methodological option for philosophical study based on the following principle: understanding the problem must constitute the essential core, the axis, of teaching philosophy. This is a basic book, but not an introduction, because it presupposes prior contact with philosophy. What is proposed here is a perspective of access to philosophy, focused on explaining how the study and teaching of this discipline can be improved, based on the experience in the classroom and the author's dedication to understanding philosophy, a lifelong commitment. The already widely circulated article: "A lesson on Kant" is also published here.
Edmund Husserl - Psychologism, psychology and phenomenology
Mario Ariel González Porta
This book brings together a series of works that focus on the problem of psychologism and the relationship between psychology and phenomenology in Edmund Husserl. These works were published between 1999 and 2010.
Neo-Kantian studies
Mario Ariel González Porta
Neo-Kantianism is the philosophical movement that dominated German thought for fifty years (1875–1925) and with which phenomenology, hermeneutics, and analytical philosophy dialogue and debate, and from which they also draw nourishment. Having fallen into oblivion due to the hegemony of the aforementioned trends, its study has experienced increasing momentum in recent years, which is beginning to be felt in Portuguese-language philosophical production.
Psychology and philosophy: studies on the dispute surrounding psychologism
Mario Ariel González Porta
The process of separation between philosophy and psychology marks one of the decisive themes in the origins of contemporary philosophy, giving rise, as one of its developments, to the so-called quarrel over psychologism (Psychologismusstreit). This primarily emphasizes the question of the possibility or impossibility of reducing philosophy ― in particular its normative disciplines, such as logic, ethics and aesthetics ― to psychology. This quarrel is decisive for the formation of all the philosophical schools that emerged from the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, among which descriptive psychology, neo-Kantianism, phenomenology, hermeneutics and analytical philosophy stand out.
After Hegel. German Philosophy from 1840 to 1900
Translation from English by Gabriel Ferreira
Translation from English by Gabriel Ferreira. In this book, Frederick Beiser aims to fill the gaps left by the standard view of German philosophy in the second half of the 19th century. In the period that followed Hegel's death, and which saw the unprecedented advancement of natural sciences, problems and quarrels emerged that would shape a large part of the philosophical questions that reach us today, such as those surrounding materialism, methodology and the place of philosophy in the construction of knowledge, historicism and the limits of scientific knowledge. Putting these disputes back on stage, as well as their different responses, is, therefore, the great merit of this unavoidable work for those interested in the philosophy of the last two centuries.