Another Way from Davos:: Cavaillès’ Critique of Carnap’s Logische Syntax der Sprache

Ties van Gemert

doi:10.23925/2764-0892.2021.v1.n2.e57081

Autores

Ties van Gemert Tilburg University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9248-0918

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2764-0892.2021.v1.n2.e57081

Palavras-chave:

Davos, Jean Cavaillès, Rudolf Carnap, Relativizado a priori, Naturalismo Transcendental

Resumo

Em A Parting of the Ways, Friedman narra o debate de Davos como um catalisador na gênese de duas trajetórias divergentes na filosofia do século XX. Neste artigo, apresento um participante do debate de Davos, Jean Cavaillès, que não adere à bifurcação de Friedman e que soube ziguezaguear entre os desenvolvimentos da fenomenologia e do positivismo lógico. Para mostrar como esse epistemólogo francês foi capaz de conectar essas duas tradições, detalho o encontro de Cavaillès com o Círculo de Viena, explico seu kantismo e registro o lugar de Bolzano em seu relato do desenvolvimento (histórico) da filosofia da ciência. Depois disso, examino a crítica de Cavaillès à Logische Syntax der Sprache de Carnap e argumento que a teoria da ciência de Cavaillès está muito mais próxima da análise lógica de Carnap do que ele mesmo ou a literatura secundária sugere. Ambos os filósofos, de fato, defendem a importância de construir a unidade da ciência, afirmam o desenvolvimento autônomo da ciência e conceituam uma noção dinâmica do a priori. Na conclusão, exponho as semelhanças entre a conceituação de Cavaillès do a priori dinâmico e o a priori relativizado de Friedman, e defendo a importância de estender o relato de Friedman sobre os desenvolvimentos entre guerras na filosofia da ciência.

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