Epistemologia das Ciências Humanas e Sociais

Abstract

The transition from the Middle Ages to modernism turned gradually to politics, society and the economy went from feudalism to capitalism, then in a dialectical relationship influenced the way we perceive and investigate the world, inspiring the emergence of new philosophical currents, which supported the emergence of new sciences questioning the truths hitherto unquestioned. In discussions of philosophical and scientific currents, we see conflicts and confluences between different theories, we note that some of these chains accept outside influence to explain the phenomena, while others reject such an idea seeking explanation itself in a closer perspective, these apparent dichotomies sometimes within a deeper analysis complement each other, from the look of some scholars, to realize the points of convergence between them. In this sense we propose to point out the divergence and convergence between the theories to be presented as well as its assumptions and main theoretical, tries to understand the human and social sciences in from the theories presented, noting that the characteristics of each are intrinsically linked to the historical context.