CAPES e o fomento aos Programas de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinares: um olhar a partir dos Estudos Sociais da Ciência.

Abstract

This thesis, in theoretical terms, is based on the Sociology of Science and Social Science Studies. Since mainly to 1970s, these sociological studies (on science) are developing research that contemplate the issue on the inextricable relationship between science and society, as well as the way in which scientific knowledge is produced in theoretical and epistemological terms. Considering this, we seek to identify the reasons for the CAPES to accept and promote the development and consolidation of Interdisciplinary Post-graduate Programs, in Brazil, in the last fifteen years. We aim also, in this research, understand and explain how the surveyed programs deal and facing the challenge of producing interdisciplinary knowledge, whereas the interdisciplinary practice involves the overcoming of fragmentation, linearity and isolation ideas that are characteristics of disciplinary matrix of scientific knowledge.We further aim to verify in this research if the Programs have pointed out solutions to the complex problems, which is a feature of the times. In seeking to know the reality of Science in the production of Interdisciplinary Programs, this research presents both quantitative and qualitative data, in order to map, to highlight the political (externalist science) and epistemological (internalist science) issues, that are part of the of knowledge’s production in these programs. Considering the large number of programs that are part of the interdisciplinary evaluation area (in total are 289), we chose four programs, considered to be excellent by CAPES (6/7 grades). We believe that the choice of these programs allows us to answer the empirical aspects of this research, since they are fundamental to achieve our goal and to test the hypotheses proposed.