British Philosophical Association Defends Philosophy in Brazil http://dailynous.com/2019/05/01/british-philosophical-association-defends-philosophy-brazil/
On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 11:16 PM Antonio Marmo <marmo.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > *A propósito disto trago assunto relevante para a comunidade acadêmica que > foi manchete nos jornais:* > > > Diz a Constituição Federal: > > > “Art. 207. As universidades gozam de autonomia didático-científica, > administrativa e de gestão financeira e patrimonial, e obedecerão ao > princípio de indissociabilidade entre ensino, pesquisa e extensão. > > § 1º É facultado às universidades admitir professores, técnicos e > cientistas estrangeiros, na forma da lei. > > § 2º O disposto neste artigo aplica-se às instituições de pesquisa > científica e tecnológica.” > > > Dizem os jornais do dia 30 de abril de 2019: > > > MEC cortará verba de universidade por 'balbúrdia' e já mira UnB, UFF e UFBA > > > O Ministério da Educação (MEC) vai cortar recursos de universidades que > não apresentarem desempenho acadêmico esperado e, ao mesmo tempo, estiverem > promovendo "balbúrdia" em seus câmpi, afirmou o ministro Abraham Weintraub > ao jornal O Estado de S. Paulo. > > > > https://educacao.uol.com.br/noticias/agencia-estado/2019/04/30/mec-cortara-verba-de-universidade-por-balburdia-e-ja-mira-unb-uff-e-ufba.htm > > > Bloqueio de verba de universidade por motivo ideológico fere Constituição > > A ameaça do governo Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) de bloquear 30% dos recursos de > custeio de três universidades federais –UnB, UFBA e UFF– por motivos > ideológicos fere a Constituição, segundo especialistas. > > A afirmação do ministro, Abraham Weintraub que essas universidades teriam > também fraco desempenho ignora os resultados positivos dessas instituições > em indicadores do ensino superior. > > > https://www.jb.com.br/pais/2019/04/997619-bloqueio-de-verba-de-universidade-por-motivo-ideologico-fere-constituicao.html > > > Tirem suas conclusões, por favor. Mas, a mim me parece óbvio o erro do > Ministro. > > > *Most problems of teaching are not problems of growth but helping > cultivate growth. As far as I know, and this is only from personal > experience in teaching, I think about ninety percent of the problem in > teaching, or maybe ninety-eight percent, is just to help the students get > interested. * > Noam Chomsky > > On 30 Apr 2019, at 17:55, Marcos Silva <marcossilv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > > > Daily Nous > Open Letter Regarding President Bolsonaro’s Recent Pronouncements on > Defunding Philosophy and Sociology > <http://dailynous.com/2019/04/30/open-letter-regarding-president-bolsonaros-recent-pronouncements-defunding-philosophy-sociology/> > > Below is a letter responding to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s recent > declarations > <http://dailynous.com/2019/04/26/brazilian-government-defund-philosophy-public-universities/> > that he is considering a plan to withdraw funding for the study and > teaching of philosophy and sociology at public universities in Brazil. > > Written by Sergio Tenenbaum <http://www.sergiotenenbaum.org/> (University > of Toronto), Alice Pinheiro Walla <https://www.alicepinheirowalla.com/> > (University > of Bayreuth), and Catarina Dulith Novaes > <https://sites.google.com/site/catarinadutilhnovaes/> (VU Amsterdam), the > letter is open for academics from around the world to sign. (To sign, use > the form at the end of the letter.) > ------------------------------ > <http://dailynous.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/brazil-flag-altered.jpg> Open > Letter Regarding President Bolsonaro’s Recent Pronouncements on Defunding > Philosophy and Sociology > > *We, the undersigned academics around the world, would like to express our > alarm and concern about President Bolsonaro’s recent claims that he is > planning to defund Philosophy and Sociology (and possibly other areas in > the Humanities and social sciences). Brazilian public universities have > produced internationally recognized major research in both of these areas. > Philosophy and Sociology are fundamental disciplines of any modern > university, and, given the interdisciplinary nature of the university, > defunding them will affect not only research in these specific areas, but > also the reputation, and the quality of research and teaching, of Brazilian > universities across all areas. In fact, it is ironic that Philosophy is > singled out in this respect, as philosophers in Brazil were among the > pioneers of paraconsistent logic, a research program that has had impact in > such diverse areas as robotics and expert systems for medical diagnosis.* > > *President Bolsonaro implies in his remarks that public funding should > flow exclusively to professional schools. These are certainly important > programs. However, a democratic society depends not only on its commercial > productive output, but also on its social institutions, its understanding > of their foundations and governing principles, as well as its understanding > of how these policies and institutions affect its population. Research in > social sciences and humanities, and especially Philosophy and Sociology, is > vital to such an understanding. The contribution of academics to public > debates is also of crucial importance to a well functioning democracy.* > > *Students taking courses in these areas learn to think critically about > their conditions, and the broader condition of the society and the world > around them. But also the wider public and Brazilian society benefit from > the intellectual expertise from philosophers and sociologists.* > > *Thus an attack on Philosophy and Sociology, as well as the humanities and > social sciences more generally, is an attack on the very fabric of a > democratic society. We call on the Bolsonaro government to reconsider such > proposals, and we call on all citizens of Brazil to join us in preserving > public support of the social sciences and humanities in Brazil.* > [emailpetition id=”2″] [signaturelist id=”2″] > ------------------------------ > > Please sign the open letter using the above form. 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