Cinema e filosofia: uma perspectiva de filosofar segundo o método de Julio Cabrera

Abstract

In this article, we aim to present the problem of philosophical teaching and discuss a possible alternative for this scenario, since, when we look at education based on the traditional system, guided by readings and interpretations of texts, we perceive a gap between “practicing philosophizing” and “understanding the contents and problems of the history of philosophy”. A content-based teaching approach negatively contributes to the formation of students’ autonomous thinking, given that students go from being producers of knowledge to mere spectators, merely observing, repeating and adapting to the learning transmitted. In view of this situation, we find in the research of thinker Julio Cabrera a possibility of thinking about philosophy in other ways, through the use of what he calls the “experience-method”. This enables the development of philosophical concepts not exclusively based on textual analysis, but based on the particularities and experiences of students. Although Cabrera was not concerned with the context of philosophy in schools, we see in his method a possible alternative contribution to teaching, so that we can move away from arbitrary fields and involve students in “practical teaching”, philosophizing with Cinema. Considering cinematographic productions as points of reflection for debates, the performing arts can reach the imagination, sensation, feelings and rationality of students. In this work, we will discuss films as an instrument for philosophizing, as well as their multiplicity of knowledge, working this information mechanism as an alternative for philosophizing and learning philosophy through the experiences of those involved.