CURRENT PROJECTS
The Normative Structure of Perception: A Kantian Approach
Description: This project aims to investigate the normativity of perception in light of Immanuel Kant's critical philosophy. Although perception is the immediate means by which we relate cognitively to the world, its reliability as a source of knowledge is challenged by illusions, distortions, and interpretive limits. The project proposes to investigate how space and time, as a priori forms of sensibility, operate as non-conceptual normative rules guiding the representations of perceived objects. The argument developed stems from an inquiry into the status of intuitional content, encompassing the debate between conceptualists and non-conceptualists. Conceptualism, represented primarily by John McDowell, maintains that the content of intuitions is subordinate to the spontaneity of the understanding, so as to avoid the so-called Myth of the Given. Non-conceptualism, as defended by Robert Hanna, maintains that intuitions are grounded in proto-rational psychological capacities for perceptual discrimination. In opposition to these approaches, the project's central hypothesis is that sensibility possesses its own normative structure, independent of concepts. By revisiting key passages of the Critique of Pure Reason, such as the Transcendental Aesthetic, the Schematism, and the Second Analogy, the research seeks to reconstruct the active role of sensibility in the constitution of knowledge, contributing a new non-conceptualist position to the contemporary debate. Thus, the research aims to demonstrate that space and time, as pure forms of intuition, operate as normative rules guiding the organization of perceptual experience, thereby endowing perception with a justificatory role that is irreducible to concepts.
CLEA Group (Cognitive, Language, Enactivism and Affectivity)
Description: CLEA is a brazilian network of scholars committed to investigating the interrelations between cognitive, linguistic, and affective processes from an embodied and situated perspective. CLEA fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, critical debate, and joint academic initiatives—such as co-authored publications, conferences, and workshops—while providing a vibrant forum for the discussion and development of research in progress.
REDD (Network Studies about Democracy and Disinformation)
Description: REDD is a multidisciplinary research group dedicated to understanding the phenomenon of disinformation and the mechanisms through which it spreads and gains adherence. REDD brings together researchers from various fields to address the complex interplay of cognitive, social, political, and technological factors involved in the mass production and dissemination of disinformation. The group’s primary aim is to mobilize conceptual tools from epistemology and the cognitive sciences to analyze the dynamics of belief formation, endorsement, and large-scale sharing of false or misleading content. At the same time, REDD seeks to consolidate the efforts of researchers across different departments at UFMG and to strengthen local academic networks, with the goal of fostering dialogue with national and international research centers focused on disinformation.
PAST PROJECTS
Book: "A estrutura normativa da percepção: uma abordagem kantiana" (The Normative Structure of Perception: a Kantian Approach) - published by Editora PPGFIL - UFMG.
Memories of the Department of Philosophy at UFMG (access the interviews here) - Period: 2019–2021
Description: Archival and oral history project aimed at documenting the institutional memory of the Department of Philosophy at UFMG through interviews with retired or soon-to-retire professors.
Role: Researcher and interviewer
Coordinator: Prof. Patrícia Kauark Leite and Prof. Telma Birchal