Kuhn entre a Teoria Social da Investigação Científica e o Construcionismo Social

Abstract

In this article, we understand how Thomas Kuhn's perspective influences the Philosophy of Sciences in aspects of the scientific community. For this, we start from the following problem: if Kuhn's thought is characterized by a Social Theory of Scientific Investigation, does this theory endorse some form of Social Constructionist Thesis? Our hypothesis is if the Social Theory of Scientific Inquiry) refers to the social activity of scientists in the community, then this is not enough to endorse some form of Social Constructionist Thesis. That said, our objective is to understand these two interpretations of Kuhn's thought to differentiate the Social Theory of Scientific Inquiry in relation to the Social Constructionist epistemological perspective. We justify this work based on Kuhn's legacy for the proliferation of theoretical and epistemological concepts in the sciences. In this sense, we analyze two concepts: 1. The Social Theory of Scientific Research based on the interpretations of Luiz Herique Dutra and 2. Social Constructionism based on the criticisms of Ian Hacking.

Keywords: Thomas Samuel Kuhn; Luis Henrique Dutra; Ian Hacking; Social Theory of Scientific Investigation; Social Constructionist.