Caio Souto
Professor of Philosophy at UFAM and of the Society and Culture in the Amazônia Postgraduate Program. His work is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach, based on a philosophical basis acquired during the Master's/Doctorate at UFSCar, doctoral internship at Sorbonne Panthéon Paris I, and post-doctorate at PUCPR. It focuses on themes of contemporary philosophy, especially on thinkers such as Canguilhem, Foucault, Nietzsche and Bachelard. His research covers biopolitics, necropolitics, health and social vulnerability, continually addressing issues of governmentality and resistance. He has a strong interest in the epistemologies of the South and decolonial thought, which allows him to connect his philosophical work to specific cultural contexts, such as Afro-Brazilians, Amerindians and Latin Americans. As leader of the "BIOS" research group, he explores alternative forms of life and resistance, especially in the context of vulnerable populations in the North and Northeast of Brazil. In addition to academia, he works in scientific communication and popular education through the channel "Conversações Filosóficas" on YouTube, where he brings philosophical discussions to a wider audience. Its commitment to training new researchers, connecting philosophy, culture and society, especially in the Amazon region, reflects its dedication to promoting dialogue between different knowledge systems. Ultimately, his work seeks to build correlations between philosophical ideas and social, political and cultural realities, particularly in contexts of vulnerability and resistance.
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dualidade.
Abstract: This article examines the trajectory of philosophical, historical, and mathematical thought of Alexandre Koyré, highlighting his relationship with Husserl in both his early studies on the paradoxes of Zeno and Epimenides and his later interpretations of the Scientific Revolution, Galileo, and Newton. It also explores the evolution of Koyré's thinking and its impact on his theological and ontological conceptions concerning mathematical realism. The article concludes by emphasizing the duality between the world of science and the world of life resulting
from the scientific revolution, and proposes an alternative historical and epistemological perspective to address this duality.
Abstract: This article examines the biopolitical dynamics between resistance and control in the religious context of the Amazon, analyzing three specific cases: the soul recommenders in Parintins, the practice of Umbanda in the same municipality, and neo-Pentecostalism in Manaus. In all these cases, we observe a complementarity in biopolitical dynamics, with different forms of resistance and control at play. On one hand, both the soul recommenders and the practice of Umbanda represent forms of resistance to marginalization by the traditional church, and neo-Pentecostalism stands out for exercising a more effective and diffuse social control. On the other hand, both among the soul recommenders and in Umbanda, there is also circulation and exercise of power, as these are leaders who circulate certain types of power; at the same time, in neo-Pentecostalism, there is also resistance and a certain ethical way of governing oneself, which escapes a simplistic analysis.
Abstract: Georges Canguilhem does not start his publications in history of life sciences´ studies. In the first decades in which his thought was formulated (1920-1930), his work dealt with themes related to the philosophy of values and moral issues. However, as a result of internal and external events to his thinking, from the mid-1950s Canguilhem has established itself as one of the greatest exponents of so-called French historical epistemology, with a series of publications on the historical domain of the life sciences. In these studies, and in an increasingly evident way in his work, there is a decisive influence ofGaston Bachelard, to whom he barely reported in previous decades. It is also in this period that became consolidated his “biological philosophy”. This paper proposes to draw some consequences of this event in the sphere of Georges Canguilhem's philosophy.
Abstract: As well as neo-Kantianism, phenomenology and analytical philosophy, French historical epistemology also had its emergence in the context of the crisis of the sciences at the turn of the 20th century. Due to their own developments, the works of Gaston Bachelard and Georges Canguilhem broke, each in its path, respectively with the neo-Kantianism represented by Brunschvicg (in Bachelard’s case) and by Alain (in Canguilhem’s case). In this article, we propose to draw some epistemological, ethical, and political consequences of these two ruptures, briefly analyzing the particularities of each of the two cases.
Abstract: This text begins from a constatation about the limits of the use of digital media and social networks in the educational scope, especially considering a country as unequal as Brazil. Then, however, we address certain possible modes of propositional actions that are rooted in the situation of health crisis caused by the new coronavirus, starting from concrete experiences with teaching, with clinical care and with the use of digital media and social networks.
Abstract: This article examines some of the differences between Georges Canguilhem's “epistemological history” and Michel Foucault´s “archeological history”. Priority is given to the study of the concept of biological (or physiological) a priori, whose creation Canguilhem attributes to two authors from the French philosophical and physiological tradition: Auguste Comte and Claude Bernard. In texts that are not very frequented, Canguilhem resorts to this tradition to elaborate another interpretation of the critical Kantian enterprise, which understands the conditions of possibility of knowledge (a priori) in a different sense from that proposed by Foucault.
Abstract: The thesis defended in this article is that the philosophy that Georges Canguilhem started to develop during the 1940s, with the publication of his thesis in medicine The normal and the pathological, can be called a critical vitalism. We propose to trace some of the references used by Canguilhem in the formulation of this philosophy, as well as to exclude some readings that would bring him closer to phenomenology and existentialism, aiming to demonstrate that one of his main concerns was to reformulate the philosophical status of man beyond all forms of humanism.
This paper discusses the relationship between Foucault and the philosophy of concept, starting from the famous cleavage established by Foucault himself between two traditions of contemporary French philosophical thought: philosophy of concept versus philosophy of subject. Such a cleavage has a history, having been first proposed by Jean Cavaillès in his posthumous work completed in 1942; adopted by Georges Canguilhem in his review of Les mots et les choses (1966 for Foucault's book, 1967 for Canguilhem's review); and finally problematized by Foucault in two texts dedicated to Canguilhem, in 1978 and 1984 respectively. We propose that the way of organizing the debates involving contemporary French philosophy according to this cleavage obeys not only epistemological criteria, but ethical-political implications, in view of the relationship between knowledge and power as understood by Foucault. This can also be demonstrated by contrast to other ways of organizing the same contemporary French philosophy, as that way proposed by Frederic Worms with his concept of moments, as well as by the appropriation that Alain Badiou makes to it.
dualidade.
Abstract: This article examines the trajectory of philosophical, historical, and mathematical thought of Alexandre Koyré, highlighting his relationship with Husserl in both his early studies on the paradoxes of Zeno and Epimenides and his later interpretations of the Scientific Revolution, Galileo, and Newton. It also explores the evolution of Koyré's thinking and its impact on his theological and ontological conceptions concerning mathematical realism. The article concludes by emphasizing the duality between the world of science and the world of life resulting
from the scientific revolution, and proposes an alternative historical and epistemological perspective to address this duality.
Abstract: This article examines the biopolitical dynamics between resistance and control in the religious context of the Amazon, analyzing three specific cases: the soul recommenders in Parintins, the practice of Umbanda in the same municipality, and neo-Pentecostalism in Manaus. In all these cases, we observe a complementarity in biopolitical dynamics, with different forms of resistance and control at play. On one hand, both the soul recommenders and the practice of Umbanda represent forms of resistance to marginalization by the traditional church, and neo-Pentecostalism stands out for exercising a more effective and diffuse social control. On the other hand, both among the soul recommenders and in Umbanda, there is also circulation and exercise of power, as these are leaders who circulate certain types of power; at the same time, in neo-Pentecostalism, there is also resistance and a certain ethical way of governing oneself, which escapes a simplistic analysis.
Abstract: Georges Canguilhem does not start his publications in history of life sciences´ studies. In the first decades in which his thought was formulated (1920-1930), his work dealt with themes related to the philosophy of values and moral issues. However, as a result of internal and external events to his thinking, from the mid-1950s Canguilhem has established itself as one of the greatest exponents of so-called French historical epistemology, with a series of publications on the historical domain of the life sciences. In these studies, and in an increasingly evident way in his work, there is a decisive influence ofGaston Bachelard, to whom he barely reported in previous decades. It is also in this period that became consolidated his “biological philosophy”. This paper proposes to draw some consequences of this event in the sphere of Georges Canguilhem's philosophy.
Abstract: As well as neo-Kantianism, phenomenology and analytical philosophy, French historical epistemology also had its emergence in the context of the crisis of the sciences at the turn of the 20th century. Due to their own developments, the works of Gaston Bachelard and Georges Canguilhem broke, each in its path, respectively with the neo-Kantianism represented by Brunschvicg (in Bachelard’s case) and by Alain (in Canguilhem’s case). In this article, we propose to draw some epistemological, ethical, and political consequences of these two ruptures, briefly analyzing the particularities of each of the two cases.
Abstract: This text begins from a constatation about the limits of the use of digital media and social networks in the educational scope, especially considering a country as unequal as Brazil. Then, however, we address certain possible modes of propositional actions that are rooted in the situation of health crisis caused by the new coronavirus, starting from concrete experiences with teaching, with clinical care and with the use of digital media and social networks.
Abstract: This article examines some of the differences between Georges Canguilhem's “epistemological history” and Michel Foucault´s “archeological history”. Priority is given to the study of the concept of biological (or physiological) a priori, whose creation Canguilhem attributes to two authors from the French philosophical and physiological tradition: Auguste Comte and Claude Bernard. In texts that are not very frequented, Canguilhem resorts to this tradition to elaborate another interpretation of the critical Kantian enterprise, which understands the conditions of possibility of knowledge (a priori) in a different sense from that proposed by Foucault.
Abstract: The thesis defended in this article is that the philosophy that Georges Canguilhem started to develop during the 1940s, with the publication of his thesis in medicine The normal and the pathological, can be called a critical vitalism. We propose to trace some of the references used by Canguilhem in the formulation of this philosophy, as well as to exclude some readings that would bring him closer to phenomenology and existentialism, aiming to demonstrate that one of his main concerns was to reformulate the philosophical status of man beyond all forms of humanism.
This paper discusses the relationship between Foucault and the philosophy of concept, starting from the famous cleavage established by Foucault himself between two traditions of contemporary French philosophical thought: philosophy of concept versus philosophy of subject. Such a cleavage has a history, having been first proposed by Jean Cavaillès in his posthumous work completed in 1942; adopted by Georges Canguilhem in his review of Les mots et les choses (1966 for Foucault's book, 1967 for Canguilhem's review); and finally problematized by Foucault in two texts dedicated to Canguilhem, in 1978 and 1984 respectively. We propose that the way of organizing the debates involving contemporary French philosophy according to this cleavage obeys not only epistemological criteria, but ethical-political implications, in view of the relationship between knowledge and power as understood by Foucault. This can also be demonstrated by contrast to other ways of organizing the same contemporary French philosophy, as that way proposed by Frederic Worms with his concept of moments, as well as by the appropriation that Alain Badiou makes to it.
de philosophie religieuses2, vol. 28-29, nr. 4, 1948-1949, p. 282-297.
Hommage à Jean Hyppolite. « Épiméthée », Paris: PUF, 1971, p. 173-180.
IN: CANGUILHEM, Georges [1987] « La décadence de l´idée de progrès ». Paris: Revue de métaphysique et de morale, vol. 92, n° 4, 1987, p. 437-454.
dirigido por Mãe Bena, localizado no município de Parintins/AM, a partir de uma
abordagem sociocultural que destaca a pluralidade e a singularidade das práticas de
resistência presentes nesse espaço. Considerando a importância histórica desse
patrimônio cultural e religioso, o texto busca valorizar os sujeitos que colaboraram para
sua formação social, destacando o papel desse ambiente como emissor de valores
simbólicos para a sociedade contemporânea. O terreiro de São Sebastião (Oxóssi) é um
espaço regido por símbolos históricos, capazes de criar e recriar significados para seus
adeptos, que contribuem para a permanência das práticas umbandistas em Parintins.
Nesse sentido, a análise sociocultural proposta busca compreender a dinâmica social,
cultural e espacial que se configura nesse ambiente, bem como as estratégias de
resistência adotadas pelos praticantes da Umbanda, que buscam preservar suas tradições
e crenças diante das pressões sociais e políticas que enfrentam, numa relação entre
resistência e história (TRAMONTE, 2014).