Consciousness, intentionality and freedom: Sartre's contributions to the formation of the subject

Abstract

The study sets out to investigate the fundamental concepts of Sartre's work, such as consciousness, freedom and intentionality organized around the issues of education, highlighting the passage from a level of spontaneity to the project of reason in the formation of the subject. The theme of the research is carried out in the midst of the possibilities of education as historical and critical rationality, capable of promoting, to some extent, openness to being, whether it is ethical, social or epistemological. Based on Sartre's thinking, the article presents a brief reflection on the rational conditions in which education could be expanded, extending into a project for humanity, with historical conditions in which subjects can recognize that their existence and knowledge are not readymade nor given a priori, but must be constantly acquired. The analyses lead one to understand that the formation of free and responsible subjects is only constituted through ethical actions. In this field, in particular, education can share the achievements that Sartre's thinking presents on it transcending what has been established.

Keywords: education; formation; consciousness; freedom; intentionality.