Teoria marxista do conhecimento: contribuições do materialismo dialético para a pesquisa em Educação

Abstract

The thesis has as its main purpose to present what we call Marxist theory of knowledge and it is the result from a strictly theoretical work through which we aim to extract from the theoretical work of K. Marx, I. Lenin, L. Althusser and also from theoretical writings of the social scientist M. Cardoso, the elements of Marxist´s epistemological foundation, ie, Marxist theorization on the scientific practice. In order to do that, we seek support on the Althusserian distinction between historical materialism and dialectical materialism, from which we present the philosophical theses of Marxism and the principles of Marxist´s science. The thesis presents the elements of Marxist philosophy as a general theory of science and also aims to present a particular theorization about the scientific methodology concerning the Marxist science. The thesis searches to develop an epistemological reflection that can contribute to the production of knowledge in Education and also to the theoretical fight of the Marxist philosophy against the idealistic and empiricists strands concerning current educational research.