Abstract
Abstract This manuscript aims to discuss possibilities for the incorporation of complex thinking in the scientific field of Physical Education (PE) in Brazil. In dialogue with philosophers who theorize about complex thinking, we analyze the ordering of scientific knowledge structures in Brazil, such as the organization in areas and lines of PE Graduate Programs (PPGs) exposed on their websites and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) document. Regarding sociocultural transformations that occurred throughout the 20th century, science perceives the limits of knowledge, where divisions in disciplines seem to be insufficient to investigate the complexity of problems, giving rise to the epistemological perspective of complex thinking. PE is organized in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary way, but with gaps between human sciences and natural sciences. Therefore, seeking strategies to reduce borders is emerging for the area to adapt to the new scientific needs of the 21st century.
Highlights
As sociocultural changes occur, new theories, hypotheses, premises and laws that gave rise to scientific thought are reformulated to follow transformations that present new truths and uncertainties
There are four PE Graduate Programs (PPGs) in the field of PE elected as excellence by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), namely: PPG in Physical Education and Sport at the University of São Paulo (PPGEEFE/USP)[10]; PPG in Physical Education at the Federal University of Paraná (PPGEDF/UFPR)[11]; PPG in Physical Education at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (PPGEF/UFSC)[12] and PPG in Human Movement Sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (PPGCMH/UFRGS)[13], which have disciplinary divisions with internal logic, as shown in Box 1, composed and decomposed in research areas and lines
The scientific field of PE is composed of a diverse set of scientific disciplines, as identified in Box 1, ordered in research areas and lines that may vary in the different PPGs, that is, with more or less delimited boundaries based on theoretical and methodological affinities, multidisciplinary way, but with the possibility of developing border sciences
Summary
New theories, hypotheses, premises and laws that gave rise to scientific thought are reformulated to follow transformations that present new truths and uncertainties. In Brazil, the scientific field of PE has been organized with different nomenclatures related to theoretical perspectives, as can be seen in PPGs in the area: PE, Human Movement Sciences, PE and Sport, Physical Activity Sciences, Exercise and Sport Sciences, Motor Sciences and Sport Sciences.
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