Kant e a gênese de um relativismo pósmoderno

This paper explores the relationship between Immanuel Kant's thought and contemporary relativism, arguing that Kant's philosophical premises, although he was a defender of the universality of reason, paved the way for interpretations that fed relativist and postmodern currents. However, he defended the universality of reason and paved the way for interpretations that fed relativist and postmodern currents. The article demonstrates that the relativism present in authors such as Foucault, Latour, Kuhn, and Rorty can be understood, to some extent, as a consequence of the Kantian system itself, even though they do not call themselves Kantians, since they reproduce and, in many cases, intensify problems already present in the Critique of Pure Reason. By emphasizing that symbolic, historical, and cultural structures always mediate knowledge, such currents relativize truth and question the possibility of direct access to reality. Thus, this work aims to contribute to the debate about the limits and possibilities of knowledge, highlighting the need for research that engages both with Kantian roots and with postmodern critiques and reinterpretations of knowledge.