Dimensão epistemológica do cultivo do cosmopolitismo

Abstract

Esta dissertação analisa a influência de diferentes postulados epistemológicos no cultivo do cosmopolitismo junto dos indivíduos. Para tal, reflectiu-se criticamente e relacionaram-se contributos teóricos relevantes para a Filosofia Política, nomeadamente aqueles respeitantes à Antropologia Filosófica, à identidade e aos direitos humanos. Concluiu-se que os desafios epistemológicos que o cultivo do cosmopolitismo enfrenta se encontram em considerações sobre o que distingue e o que une os seres humanos, bem como aquelas que abordam o carácter racional e emocional destes.

This dissertation analyses the influence of different epistemological postulates in the promotion of cosmopolitanism among individuals. With this goal in mind, theoretical contributions relevant to Political Philosophy such as those surrounding Philosophical Anthropology, identity and human rights were critically reflected upon and a relation between them was established. It was concluded that the epistemological challenges that the promotion of cosmopolitanism faces can be found in considerations pertaining to what distinguishes and what makes human beings the same, as well as those concerning their rational and emotional nature.