Art as a Vehicle and Jerzy Grotowski’s Investigations Beyond the 20th Century

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The dossier on the director Jerzy Grotowski addresses the relevance of his theatrical practices and transcultural approaches, presenting articles that revisit his legacy to propose new perspectives for contemporary theater. Read More →

Metamorphosis, friction or symbiosis between body and animated forms in the work of Ilka Schönbein

Black and white photograph of the show "Métamorphoses" by Ilka Schönbein, in which slightly macabre-looking puppets and marionettes are on a wooden platform, being manipulated by the artist.

The works of puppeteer and dancer Ilka Schönbein challenge perceptions of life and death, provoking reflections on eroticism and finitude. Her creations reveal a poetic singularity that provokes disquieting strangeness in the relationship between the human and the animate. Read More →

Presence as a research field in the performing arts

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Throughout its work, the Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença has given visibility to various themes in the performing arts, focusing on the concept of presence. We present articles that discuss this subject in dialogue with philosophy and media arts, going beyond the hic et nunc of the stage event. Read More →

Performing Arts research highlighted on the blog “SciELO in Perspective”

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The Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença Special Week, taking place this week, will explore themes such as the notion of presence, methodological diversity, and social issues in Performing Arts research. The program includes analyses, discussions and a detailed overview of the journal’s social impact, highlighting its importance and activities within the scope of Open Science. Read More →

An Analysis of the Epistemological Foundations of Machine Learning

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Outlined here is a critical review of the logical-epistemic foundations of machine learning, focusing on the limitation of AI systems’ autonomy in generating knowledge. It contrasts this possibility with the theoretical constraints posed by Chaitin’s incompleteness theorem, which argues that AI cannot surpass human cognitive capacity. Read More →

Nietzsche and politics as will to dominion

Text over a photograph of a serene ocean sunset reads: "All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all off which limit it to a fake learnedness".

The will to domination is the will to power in the political sphere. It is not about dominating in the sense of oppressing and subjugating, but rather of being provided for virtuel. In this context, observing the extent of Nietzsche’s effort for the conception of transvalued virtue, that is, stripped of morality, makes it possible to contribute to the political project of domination and overcoming. Read More →

The most compelling instances of exclusionary reasons are those which Joseph Raz, in essence, overlooked

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In his works, Joseph Raz neglected a category of exclusionary reasons: those excluded by their very nature. This category not only shows that the concept of exclusionary reasons is not empty or inconsistent, but also plays a crucial role in elucidating a significant moral domain, namely, the domain of affective relationships. Read More →

Eduard Hanslick’s “aesthetics” go into Philosophy of Mind and Epistemology

A grayscale painting depicting the string quartet of the Romantic composer Joseph Joachim performing in a crowded chamber music hall. On stage, the four members (Carl Halir, Emanuel Wirth, Joseph Joachim, Robert Hausmann) are positioned, each with their instrument (two violins, one viola, and one cello), in front of a music stand with scores.

Hanslick, author of “On the Musically Beautiful,” is a prominent figure of Music Autonomy. In opposition to principles of musical signification, he argued that musical meaning lay in the structure and intrinsic elements of the composition. This analysis concludes that his “musical idea” concept is an epistemological formulation; therefore, his “aesthetics” must be interpreted also as a Philosophy of Mind and Epistemology, both strongly influenced by positivism. Read More →

Educação em Revista: editorial challenges and scientific possibilities

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The trajectory of Educação em Revista reflects its commitment to quality scientific publishing. This editorial addresses its transformations in scientific management, technological adaptation, internationalization, and adherence to Open Science, discussing the need to professionalize the editorial staff of Brazilian scientific journals to guarantee financial and scientific sustainability nationally and internationally. Read More →

The Open University of Brazil in the management of student permanence in Pedagogy courses

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The growth of distance education (Educação a Distância, EaD) in Brazil, coupled with the high dropout rates in this modality, brings with it the need to renew school management models, with the aim of keeping students until they graduate. Based on an analysis of the Pedagogy courses at the Open University of Brazil, researchers have developed alternative guidelines to guarantee student retention. Read More →