KIERKEGAARD E AS CIÊNCIAS NATURAIS NO SÉCULO XIX

The Danish philosopher Søren A. Kierkegaard is often read as a critical of Natural Science (Naturvidenskaben) even in his international scholarship. In this article, I will argue, on the contrary, that Kierkegaard: (i) was critical of a specific epistemically fragile scientific practice of his time and natural scientists who adopted it and set up a judicious proposal of the role of Science in the world’s interpretation; (ii) he was interested in Natural Sciences, including the work of his cousin, the paleontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund and Hans Christian Ørsted an expressive contemporary Danish scientist; (iii) in criticizing the methodological premises of the Carl Gustav Carus, the first psychologist to refer to the existence of the unconscious, Kierkegaard takes part at vitalismus-materialismusstreit; (v) he also proposed ethical and epistemic limits to Science and inspired philosophy of science premises of contemporary names such as Paul Feyerabend.