Formação humana e mediação imperfeita: uma filosofia da educação em Paul Ricoeur.

Abstract

This is a study on human formation and imperfect mediation in Paul Ricoeur. I support the thesis that from imperfect mediation it is possible to verify that Ricoeur's philosophy is characterized as human formation and, therefore, can be understood as a Philosophy of Education. To support such a thesis implies, on the one hand, to reconstruct Ricoeur's hermeneutic path, to demonstrate the existence of a philosophy as human formation. Otherwise, it implies presenting and defending the characteristics of a Philosophy of Education and, in what way, they appear in the author's philosophy. Finally, I present and discuss the author's writings on the educational issue with a view to the education of children, a secular education and a reform in higher education, as well as what are the tasks of a political educator. In addition, among the results, I demonstrate that Paul Ricoeur defends human formation that begins with the education of children and, extends, not only to higher education, but to informal education and, consequently, to the whole society and also the impossibility of demonstrating the existence of a Philosophy of Education, although it is not possible to completely discard it, as there is evidence of a rigorous reflection on Education in his work, but not of a more globalized concern with the subject.