O pragmatismo é apresentado como uma atitude anti-representacionista, isto é, como uma crítica à idéia de fundamentação do conhecimento ou da verdade. Esta crítica torna-se possível a partir de uma interpretação funcional para o problema do conhecimento, segundo a qual…

Os problemas do conhecimento humanoe sua relação com a linguagem, objetos clássicos da análise filosófica, receberam no final do século XIX e ao longo do século XX um tratamento original no pensamento moderno, com a chamada virada Iingüistica também designada…

Based on the notion of language-game, as formulated by Ludwig Wittgenstein, the relation ship between language, individual practice, belief and knowledge is examined. Knowing is identified as context-adjusted behavior, under learning or extended exercise, while beliefs are considered as dispositional…

The new Technologies and the rapid advance of knowledge highlight the relevance of adaptation to this changing context, and the objective of being able to learn by oneself throughout life. Learner tasks considered as autonomous would include solving problems by…

This paper critically analyzes the cognitive-map concept in terms oh) its subjectivity, as seen in the characterization of environmental knowledge as “images” of the world; b) its use of the information-processing approach in modeling environmental perception; c) its restricted representation…

Based on the theoretical work of Ribes and López (1985) and on Ribes' formulations about intelligent behavior (Ribes, 1981, 1990), the categories of didactic discourse that facilitate its development, are described. These are: a) a varied drill with feedback by…

En el presente trabajo se presentan dos estudios que tuvieron como objetivo explorar los efectos de la explicitud de la finalidad de la descripción, la precisión de las descripciones precontacto y la frecuencia de retroalimentación sobre el tipo de descripciones…

A dermatite atópica (DA) é uma doença crônica de pele, de etiologia desconhecida e com maior incidência na infância, o que exige o estabelecimento de rotinas de tratamento para evitar a recorrência dos sintomas. Uma dificuldade no controle adequado da…

Fuentes' radical behavioral concept of a generalized, discriminated contingency that stresses the copresent nature of behavior as a phenomenal and operative process of achievement, is broken down into the categories of knowledge and effect, which are basic characteristics of behavior…

The last work published by Watson as an academic is dated 1920. It deals with the conditioning of fear in a young child, little Albert. Starting with that single case experiment, the present paper is based on Watson's publications after…