As incertezas como narrativa do imprevisível: o real e o complexo

Abstract

This article aims to present and reflect on four different ways of explaining complex phenomena: the epistemic question, the subjectivity of the threat, the evil in the face of negation and uncertainty as a narrative of the unpredictable. The methodology is bibliographic of a reflexive nature and the theoretical basis is based on the epistemology of complexity, by Edgar Morin and other authors. We present and discuss two existential catastrophes: climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic that plague humanity and show us the unpredictability in the face of science and human actions. The text places education as a perspective of self-analysis and self-criticism for the transformation of reality and bets on the hope of greening practices and ideas to face the challenges of contemporary times. Also considering the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with respect, solidarity and fraternity, the authors understand that perhaps a better world is possible, with more social justice, more participative citizens and happier subjects.