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Fundamentalisms, worlds and science
01
Dec
The fact known to scientists, thinkers, philosophers and also some
theologians, that Western thought is experiencing a crisis is a fact, what would be its roots is another problem.
Much of the thinking, to our correct view is that the basis of this error is the foundation of the Western Enlightenment thought it was idealism, not how they think the fundamentalists and nostalgic (right and left as Bauman) who claim that it is a crisis of modernity, but it was born of the Enlightenment and idealism, so is there a base.
Umberto Eco wrote a nice article: “Ciência, erro e fundamentalismo” (Science, error and fundamentalism) in which states:
“The problem is that much of the criticism of the ideology of progress (or the so-called spirit of the Enlightenment), the spirit of science is often identified with certain idealistic philosophies of the century. XIX, according to which history is directed always for the best, or the triumphant realization of itself, spirit or other life force that is always in motion toward a good end. ”
All developmental vision, “critical” to the objects as “disturbing” the subject, is what Bruno Latour calls “hell´s dichotomies” because it is in the marrow of Western thought, in which the naive fundamentalist thought is the most radical.
Bruno Latour in his book never been modern unveils major gossip illogical, a-scientific and fundamentalists, created a concept called symmetrical anthropology, in which he analyzes it is not dialogues between “areas of knowledge”, but among world such as: “Amerindian and modern science” and other “hybrid” issues that actually speak of different worlds and not areas of knowledge.
This applies to the network because the anthropological knowledge networking, there is therefore a dilution of the idea of authorship, where the multiplicity.
Political and religious issue
16
Nov
The West mentality understands little or nothing 
of what happens in the Arab and Muslim world, for it added to prejudice and intolerance, radicalism tends to grow.
Muslims in the same way that Christians, Buddhists and thousands of Indian religions, it is not uniformity, and also the political vision and geopolitics are different, an example of this is the Western indifference toward the Kurds, who are fighting north of Turkey and the Islamic state for its own survival.
of what happens in the Arab and Muslim world, for it added to prejudice and intolerance, radicalism tends to grow.Muslims in the same way that Christians, Buddhists and thousands of Indian religions, it is not uniformity, and also the political vision and geopolitics are different, an example of this is the Western indifference toward the Kurds, who are fighting north of Turkey and the Islamic state for its own survival.
The Islamic state has grown during the Civil War in Syria, through the complaints against Bashar al Assad dictator who is “tolerated” by the West and “ally” of Russia, now with the attacks in Paris, this may change, because it can all West is align the Syrian dictator.
Iraq War peak, the predecessors of the Islamic state who also fought against Saddam Hussein that belonged to the Sunnis, were in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, Ninawa, Kirkuk and most of Salah-ad-Din and regions of Babil, Divala and the very Baghdad, and they had declared Baguba as its capital, during the war of Syria expanded to Air Raggah, Idlib and Aleppo.
Islamists are themselves the ones who suffer most from the Islamic State, rapes and beatings are common practices to master the most tolerant and open Muslim denominations, and this grows to the extent that the territory and the bellicose forces of the Islamic State advance.
Political and religious intolerance that we impose the Muslim world is the yeast that makes the radical move, the recruitment of young people and the cruelty of the soldiers increase.
Kurds, descendants of the ancient Medes and so are the people “originating” that area for millennia, with a population of nearly 40 million, is ignored by the West, rejected by Turkey and Syria, and the ones who make attacks by land to Islamic state, since Iraq has a disjointed army and Syria has divided its territory.
A clear position for the right to survival and territory of all people, including those who today are forced to be nomads would be a good start of “dialogue
The veil of ignorance, the theory and the fair
06
Nov
John Rawls asked if it is possible to reach a common understanding 
of what is right. His justice is that based on consideration of all be equal and free, market capitalism tipoco and comes to be social.
Rawls proposed that there is a veil of ignorance over which should be examined relations between the desired society, the Royal Society and the utopia of fair justice.
Rawls explains the veil of ignorance, “Do not know how the various alternatives will affect your particular case and are required to evaluate the principles as only the basis of the general considerations.” (Rawls, 1981, p. 119)
On his three theoretical position did reviews: Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Michael SandeL and Robert Nozick, the first quips the author stating “Rawls is well aware that, most times, is on behalf of the wretched of the Earth that suppress the freedoms and establishes the privileges “(Dupuy, 199, p. 129), which the author mean by this is that” justice too is less justice “(Dupuy, 199, p. 131).
But the veil of ignorance is also valid for Dupuy using the work of Alexis de Tocqueville (From Democracy in America II, XIII): “They destroyed the annoying privileges of some similar, they found the competition all … that’s why the desire equality becomes ever more insatiable as equality is greater. “
Communitarian philosophers like Michael Sanderl and other (Charles Taylor, Michel Walzer, etc.) weave several critical considerations about the theory of Rawls’ fairness with his liberalism’s universal claim, because it says that this presents an abstract conception of the person, noting that we want the collective rights are prevalent on the individual.
Sandel believes that the thought of Rawls fair is earlier and priority over the good, so that justice would be the first virtue, no moral or political value to overlap.
The veil of ignorance presupposes that the parties away all differences and disagreements would be overcome and there would be no plurality.
But Sandel also be willing to move in this direction since for him there would be a priority of conflict and hierarchy of liberty, equality and fraternity, for he considered fundamental values, so there would be a “veil of ignorance”.
Finally Nozick is an advocate of radical liberalism, or liberarianismo, building a minimal state, the most viable for him, with limited functions for the protection of individual rights, property and safety of citizens.
Nozick wrote “The duty not to interfere in other people’s choice of domain is all that any society should (coercively) demand; higher levels of ethics, involving positive benevolence “(Nozick 2011, p. 280), but reveals and even writes that this would represent a” personal ideal “that would be the choice of each, so there is also a veil of ignorance way of building this ideal personnel.
Heidegger wrote about the “unveiling”, a way in which you need some social or personal construction according to which we draw the veil of our ignorance and walked to a fairer society without this process those who vociferously against “theories” are ignorant and fanaticism and contributes little or nothing to the necessary transformations.
Pages in portuguese (or Spanish) editions.
DUPUY, Jean-Pierre. Éthique et philosophie de l’action, France: Ellipses, 1999.
HEIDEGGER, Martin. Country path conversations. USA: Indiana University Press, 2010.
NOZICK, Robert. Anarchy, State, Utopia. UK: Cambridge Press, 2011.
RAWLS, John. A Theory of Justice. USA, 1971.
SANDEL, M. Liberalism and the Limits of Justice. Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press. 1998
Because brazilian inflation rises
29
Oct
Soft loans and low interest rates were the government’s way businesses buy
and get more money for their campaigns, and BNDES is the epicenter of this hurricane. So little it is policy to increase the Selic brazilian rate, which theoretically would be a restriction on credit, the BNDES made loans of more than US $ 170 billion, which is larger than the World Bank, and maintains interest rate subsidy to the select group of “friends ” from the government.
It is one among so many lies, but this is a lie to the government itself, desperately trying to restrict credit to curb inflation, which has reached 9.85 % and is expected to hit the disturbing double digits by the end of the year.
Like the government or not is already the worst recession in 25 years, say all economists unless the government fundamentalists who ask the BNDES credit easier for entrepreneurs would not be against the high rates of Selic falling on the population.
Gross debt progressed to 65% of GDP and was 52% when the president took over in 2011, and the level that is this interest that becomes significant because it will undermine the country’s ability to invest, as interest rates making it even more prohibitive these debts.
The gross debt of the country grew to about 65 percent of its gross domestic product. When President Dilma Rousseff, who is trying to avoid impeachment, took over in 2011, the proportion was 52 percent.
Economists repeat the central bank “needs to raise rates significantly more than normal every rising inflation” and the government control your spending, but will it?
“Red carpet” for Mazzaropi
26
Oct
To time to understand the true history and identity of Brazil, we should look beyond the harsh reality that almost
became a miracle, but not turned, studying almost unknown characters from literature and history of Brazilian cinema.
I watched almost by chance, a night in Hotel in Brazilian Northeast, the film Tapete Vermelho (Red Carpet), which tells the story of Quinzinho (Matheus Nachtergaele) who wants to fulfill the promise to take your child, and grudgingly also Zulmira (Gorete miracle, famous because: oh Poor) to see a Mazzaropi film.
The journey will the hinterland who live through ever larger cities, and go see the movie theaters turn into shops, bakeries, churches and facing curious and magical situations, a tribute to Mazzaropi, parading the culture of the common people of Brazil.
The film directed by Luiz Alberto Pereira, production Ivan Teixeira and Vicente Miceli, has yet beautiful music of Renato Teixeira is 2006 and should not have been overlooked.
The boy who played the son Neco, Vinicius Miranda was chosen at a selection of over 200 children, and the cast had the support of Taubaté theater groups and São Paulo.
Late congratulations! Worth seeing not only the actors, but the “Brazilian landscape”.
USP conducts a “Scientific Turn”
17
Oct
With over 300 free activities, today and tomorrow (17 and 18/10) the first edition
of Scientific Turn (Virada Científica) na upset held this year 2015.
The event is a partnership between the Dean of Culture and University Extension (PRCEU) and the Ministry of Science of Brazil, Technology and Innovation will offer, within 24 hours.
According to Eduardo Cooli, general big news event coordinator is in Praça do Relógio (Clock Square), located in center of University City, with circus workshops and performances starring the Circusp, with the intention of creating a larger movement in this square which is quite central.
There shall also Ciencidade Stage, where there will be some attractions like “Do skate the visual arts”, “Cancer: learn to control” and others.All eight USP units will have activities: São Carlos, Bauru, Pirassununga and Lorraine in the capital are included units of EACH (School Of Arts, Science and Humanities) and the Casa de Dona Yaya.
I will be giving a lecture on “Operation and peculiarities of Social Networks” the 17 hours in the Geoscience Institute at 17 hours.
O papa em Cuba e nos EUA
21
Sep
Há muitos são incrédulos nesta visita do papa a Cuba, e outros que
estudam e observam os passos do jesuíta argentino, sabem que ainda vem mais coisas poraí.
Um destes estudiosos foi destacado pela BBC, o inglês Austen Ivereigh que escreveu “O Grande Reformista: Francisco e a construção de um papa radical”, informou que isto já havia começado a acontecer há pouco mais de um ano, quando começou a reaproximar Cuba e os EUA, processo já iniciado e que deverá ter outros passos.
Mais do que exigências deverá ouvir os reclames do governo cubano, como a devolução da cidade de Holguín, a mais próxima a base americana de Guatánamo, que na verdade é ocupada desde 1898, pela Guerra Hispano-Americana, que a crise dos mísseis prorrogou.
Também levará a próxima viagem aos EUA o pedido para derrubar o embargo econômico que apesar do diálogo aberto, ainda prossegue.
A outra questão sensível é a dos presos políticos, mas olhando os números, que em Cuba é a 518 presos por 100 mil habitantes, índice que supera o do Brasil (300 por 100 mil), mas que é menor do que o dos Estados Unidos (698 por 100 mil), embora não hajam liberdade comuns as democracias em todo mundo.
Mas o mais esperado é o discurso na assembleia da ONU, onde deverá pedir um urgente papel da ONU nas grandes questões mundiais, a questão agora visível mas antiga dos refugiados, o papel nas grandes questões econômicas: capitais especulativos e paraísos fiscais, e a questão da ecologia que deverá emergir mais profundamente na conferência de Paris em novembro.
