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Totalization and contradiction: Epistemological contributions to an interdisciplinary investigation on Human Rights.

Abstract

The present work seeks to summarize some epistemological remarks about the creation of knowledge. Firstly, we discuss the scientifical thought by what it has historically been against what we call autocritical scientifical knowledge. After that, inspired by our background in Human Rights Theory and by Lyra Filho's teachings, we present two methodical moments that we feel as essential to grasp the complexity of any social object: the totalization and contradiction of reality.

Keywords:
Epistemology; Human Rights; Interdisciplinarity; Critical Theory; Roberto Lyra Filho

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