Symbols, images, imagination and memory: elements for a Jonasian epistemology

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  • Michelle Bobsin Duarte UFRRJ

Keywords:

Hans Jonas, Epistemology, Homo Pictor

Abstract

This work aims to contribute to reflection on the epistemological elements present in the philosophy of Hans Jonas. The interpretative key provided by the author with the notion of Homo Pictor and the importance of images, symbols, imagination and memory in the evolution of human freedom within the scope of life, which resulted in the current human being, provide a fruitful field for exploration of the attributes of the epistemic subjects pointed out by the philosopher. In this sense, we propose a reading that considers the possible elements of a theory of knowledge by Jonas based on the texts Image Making and the Freedom of Man (1966), with emphasis on the appendix of the essay, entitled On the Origins of the Experience of Truth and from the text Tool, Image, and Grave (1986).

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Author Biography

Michelle Bobsin Duarte, UFRRJ

Professora colaboradora e bolsista de pós-doutorado CAPES no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica, RJ – Brasil. ORCID: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-8210-7498.

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Recebido: 02/10/2023 - Aceito: 31/10/2023 - Publicado: 20/03/2024

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2024-03-13

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Bobsin Duarte, M. (2024). Symbols, images, imagination and memory: elements for a Jonasian epistemology. TRANS/FORM/AÇÃO: Revista De Filosofia, 47(2), e02400118. Retrieved from https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/transformacao/article/view/15185

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Vol. 47 No. 2 (2024): Feminine perspectives in philosophical thought - Continuous flow

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