Foreword to Book Symposium Section

Valuing Brazilian Philosophers

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26694/pensando.vol16i37.6788

Keywords:

Book Symposium, Contract, Virtues, Denis Coitinho, Loyola

Abstract

Foreword to the first edition of the PENSANDO - REVISTA DE FILOSOFIA's Book Symposium Section on the Prof. Denis Coitinho's book "Contract and Virtues III", published by Edições Loyola. 

Author Biography

Helder Buenos Aires de Carvalho, Federal University of Piauí, Brazil

Graduated in Full Degree in Philosophy from the Federal University of Piauí (1988), Master in Philosophy from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1996) and Doctorate in Philosophy from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2004), with a doctoral internship at Boston College, USA (2001). He also did postdoctoral studies at PUCRS (2010) and UFMG (2018). He is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Piauí, working in the Department of Philosophy at undergraduate and Master and Doctorate levels in Philosophy. He was a professor at the Master's Program in History of Brazil / UFPI and the Master's in Development and Environment / UFPI. He was Assistant Professor at the State University of Piauí (1989-1991). He has experience in the area of Philosophy, with an emphasis on Contemporary Ethics, working mainly on the following topics: Alasdair MacIntyre, Hans Jonas, ethics, rationality, tradition, contemporary ethics, and philosophy of technology. He was Head of the Department of Philosophy / UFPI (1997-1999; 2005-2007), Coordinator of the Master in Ethics and Epistemology at UFPI (currently PPG in Philosophy / UFPI) from 2007 to 2011, and from 2012 to 2016; Operational Coordinator of the Interinstitutional Doctorate in Philosophy UFMG-UFPI from 2008 to 2012; Tutor Professor of PET Philosophy/UFPI (2007-2010; 2011-2017). He is Professor of the Doctorate in Philosophy at the Federal University of Ceará since 2013; Professor of the Master in Philosophy (UFMA). UFPI Productivity Fellow (2015-2016; 2018); Productivity Scholarship PQ CNPq (2018-2021, 2022-2024).

 

References

COITINHO, Denis. Contrato & virtudes III - Problemas epistemológico-morais e metodológicos. São Paulo, Edições Loyola, 2024.

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Published

2025-07-21

How to Cite

BUENOS AIRES DE CARVALHO, Helder. Foreword to Book Symposium Section: Valuing Brazilian Philosophers. PENSANDO - REVISTA DE FILOSOFIA, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 37, p. 186–187, 2025. DOI: 10.26694/pensando.vol16i37.6788. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.ufpi.br/index.php/pensando/article/view/6788. Acesso em: 17 oct. 2026.

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Vol. 16 No. 37 (2025): Dossiê Filosofia da Religião/Book Symposium/Varia

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SIMPÓSIO/BOOK SYMPOSIUM

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