The ontological confrontation between rationality and religion from the standpoint of materialism - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i2.17033

Authors

  • Antônio José Lopes Alves Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i2.17033

Keywords:

philosophical materialism, critic of religiosity, science, human emancipation

Abstract

This article presents a theoretical presupposition of the research project, Materialist Revision of Bioethics, developed by the author. This paper aims to discuss the main concepts of the philosophical critique of materialist type of religious and theological thought. It will explain the categories that make up such a critical position, which have been proposed and deployed in the history of Occidental philosophy. Moreover, attempts are also carrying out a reconstruction of this criticism, examining aspects still unilateral and insufficient, in search of an understanding of the fullest possible social objective determinations of the resurgence of religion and the expansion of obscurantist tendencies in the capitalist world, which are heard producing obstacles to the advancement of scientific knowledge and human-societal emancipation.

 

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Author Biography

  • Antônio José Lopes Alves, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Colégio Técnico

    Filosofia

Published

2012-10-17

Issue

Section

Philosophy

How to Cite

Alves, A. J. L. (2012). The ontological confrontation between rationality and religion from the standpoint of materialism - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i2.17033. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 34(2), 217-225. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v34i2.17033

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