Thaumazein: Revista Online de Filosofia

ACCELERATION, INFORMATION AND SUBJECTIVITY: THE PRODUCTIVE DIMENSION OF FAKE NEWS IN CONTEMPORANEITY

Oneide Perius — 2025-09-23

This article aims to understand the contemporary phenomenon of the proliferation of fake news, not only as a distortion of the truth or a desire to deceive. Instead, it aims to situate the phenomenon as part of a social dynamic in which it assumes a certain productive function. That is, in a context of social acceleration accompanied by a set of new processes of subjectivation, disinformation fulfills a certain function, both in maintaining a weakened psychic structure and in concealing any reality as otherness, that is, resistant to the narcissistic mental constructs of the subjects.

TOWARDS THE TRUTH: ENLIGHTENMENT AS A SPIRITUAL PATH IN THE THOUGHT OF SAINT BONAVENTURE

Uellinton Valentim Corsi — 2025-09-23

This paper aims to explore the concept of illumination as a spiritual path in the thought of Saint Bonaventure (1221-1274), with particular emphasis on its role in guiding the soul toward ultimate truth. Bonaventure’s theological and philosophical framework integrates neoplatonic elements into Christian doctrine, presenting illumination as both an epistemological and mystical process. Drawing on an analysis of central aspects of Itinerarium mentis in Deum (The Journey of the mind to God), the study examines how the ascent to divine truth unfolds through stages of purification, contemplation, and union with God. It also addresses the relationship between reason, faith, and divine grace, arguing that Bonaventure’s doctrine of illumination transcends a merely rationalist epistemology by situating knowledge within the transformative experience of divine light. The findings seek to underscore the relevance of Bonaventure’s thought for contemporary discussions on the integration of faith and reason in the pursuit of truth.

THE PHRÓNESIS IN UNDERSTANDING ONESELF AS ANOTHER IN THE ETHICS RICOEURIANA

Joseph Samson Visene — 2025-10-09

The objective of this research is to analyze the importance of phrónesis in the constitution of the ethical subject from the dialectic between the self (ipseidade) and the other (alterity) in the in the search for good life present in this Oneself as Another of Paul Ricoeur. The self, reflective pronoun in third person, distances itself from the cartesian cogito and leads it to the hermeneutics of the subject capable - of narrating, speaking, acting and imputing. For the understanding of oneself as another, ricoeurian ethics arises from the complementarity of two philosophical traditions: the ethics of the aristotélica inheritance and the morality of the kantian inheritance. In this sense, the relevance of phrónesis emerges from the need for reflexive self to deliberate well in order to aim at good life and avoid the tragic action. Thus, the small ethics of Paul Ricoeur is defined as the good life for and with others in the just institutions, subdivided between three components: the esteem of oneself within the scope of ipseity, the solicitude within the scope of alterity and, finally, the equality in the just institutions. In view of the good life between oneself and the other in the just institutions, phrónesis as practical wisdom is rehabilitated by the french author as moral judgment in situation before the dilemmas that generate conflicts between universality and particularity. With this, the research unfolds in interpreting how phrónesis perpasses the self, the other and the just institutions leading to an ethical subject in making decisions making for good life in community.

THE ORIGINAL SIN OF ECONOMY AND THEOLOGY: CRITICAL REFLECTION CONSIDERING MARX’S CONTRIBUITION

Marcos Kruse — 2025-10-10

In his work, the capital, Karl Marx established a comparative point between the situation of the previous (primitive) accumulation of capital and the configuration of original sin. He, thus, established a point of relationship between economics and theology. This article, which was designed in two parts, discusses, in the first part, the issue of economics, from its comparative aspects to the theology’s proposition in relation to original sin and current sin, so that the question is also asked, by the original economy and the derived or current economy. The conclusion reached is that the capital economy manifests itself as a mutant entity and that the mutations imposed by the advance of capital open up spaces of enormous human, social and ecological uncertainty. In this first part, we focus on the economy. In the second, we will ask the same guiding questions for theology.

THE SCIENTIFIC CHARACTER OF THEOLOGY: A CONTEMPLATIVE AND APOLOGETIC HERMENEUTICS IN VIEW OF THE COMMON GOOD

Thiago De Moliner Eufrásio — 2025-12-04

Theology’s status as a science is still little known. In Brazil, its recognition by the Law of Guidelines and Bases of Education occurred twice, in 1980 and 1996, respectively. Within the plurality of scientific knowledge, theology is among the hermeneutical sciences. The scientific nature of theology offers Christian living and pastoral practice criteria for discernment and systematization, enabling an adequate understanding of reality. Theology, as a science, is distinguished by the act of faith of those who dedicate themselves to it. The validity of its apologetic character highlights the need for an increasingly mature foundation, capable of dialogue in an increasingly pluralistic context. When accompanied by theological knowledge, Christian life becomes even more challenging, given the critical consciousness that emerges from the Gospel.