Hermeneutical Propositions for the Philosophy of Chemistry Education

Authors

  • Robson Simplicio de Sousa Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
  • Maria do Carmo Galiazzi Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56117/resbenq.2024.v5.e052406

Keywords:

Philosophy of Chemistry, Philosophy of Chemistry Education, Hermeneutics

Abstract

This text presents the proposition of a Philosophy of Chemistry Education from a hermeneutic perspective. In an essayistic exercise, which starts from elements of the Philosophy of Chemistry that have been identified as relevant to Chemistry Education, we turn to a specific field of Philosophy of Science Education, proposed in the 90s and structured in the following decades as an articulation of three fields - Philosophy, Philosophy of Education and Philosophy of Science/History of Science. This field allows us to think about a Philosophy of Chemistry Education, as well as in the field of its origin, an articulation between Philosophy, Philosophy of Education and Philosophy of Chemistry/History of Chemistry. Focusing on the Philosophy of Chemistry/History of Chemistry field, we then point to a need to look at these, together with Philosophy and Philosophy of Education, as areas of knowledge whose relationship allows us to propose a Philosophy of Chemistry Education. Subsequently, we seek to articulate the Philosophy of Chemistry Education with the vision of Philosophical Hermeneutics of the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer. This proposition was elaborated encouraged by the same production that originated the Philosophy of Science Education in the 90s and that has had repercussions to this day. We therefore bring the field of Philosophy of Chemistry closer to the Philosophy of Hermeneutic Science (Continental) whose tradition explains ways of thinking about natural sciences through phenomenological and hermeneutic means. Finally, we bring concepts from Gadamer's hermeneutics (ontology, language, method, truth and others) closer to some interlocutors of the Philosophy of Chemistry, in order to highlight potentialities for the Philosophy of Chemistry Education through hermeneutics, presented here as initial considerations.

Author Biographies

Robson Simplicio de Sousa, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)

Doutor em Educação em Ciências: Química da Vida e Saúde pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG). Docente do Departamento de Educação, Ensino e Ciências da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Setor Palotina. Líder do Grupo de Pesquisa Jano: Filosofia e História na Educação em Ciências

Maria do Carmo Galiazzi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG)

Doutora em Educação pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Professora Titular Aposentada na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG).

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Published

2024-12-15