From objectivity to the intersubjectivity: contributions of Theory of Communicative Action to the Interpretive Paradigm

Authors

  • Hernani Luiz Azevedo Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso
  • Gladys Denise Wielewski Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644419362

Keywords:

Qualitative research, Intersubjectivity, Theory of Communicative Action

Abstract

This article presents some discussions about the issue of objectivity/subjectivity in the construction of knowledge, in view of the Interpretive Paradigm, widely used in research about education and about science education. For this, we approach some epistemological paradigms present in science and philosophy, as the positivist paradigm and the phenomenological. The historical evolution of discussions on the influence of subjectivity in the genesis of knowledge has led us to pay special attention to the Theory of Communicative Action, of Jürgen Habermas, in view of the centrality that intersubjectivity has in this theory. We conclude the text explaining how this debate brings out a theory of human rationality.

Author Biographies

Hernani Luiz Azevedo, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso

Professor mestre da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, área Ensino de Física, doutorando na Rede Amazônica de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática (REAMEC)

Gladys Denise Wielewski, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso

Professora doutora da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, área Educação Matemática, docente da Rede Amazônica de Ensino de Ciências e Matemática (REAMEC)

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Published

2016-07-21

How to Cite

Azevedo, H. L., & Wielewski, G. D. (2016). From objectivity to the intersubjectivity: contributions of Theory of Communicative Action to the Interpretive Paradigm. Education, 41(2), 471–482. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644419362

Issue

Educação, v. 41, n. 2, maio/ago. 2016

Section

Continuous Demand

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