For a Creative Philosophy (of Religion)

the Problem of Philosophical Training from an Analogy with Music

Abstract

(This article is part of a project by Trans/Form/Ação: Unesp Philosophy Journal. It is the  Authorial Philosophy Dossier, to be published in 2022.) This article is divided in three parts in order to investigate on the authorial and creative philosophical production in the academic environment. In the first part, we present the challenge to authorial production in philosophy in Brazil, starting from the example of recent initiatives in the philosophy of religion. In the second part, by means of an analogy with music, we intend to argue that the plead for a greater promotion of authorial philosophy in Brazil does not mean to devaluate the work with history of philosophy, which seems to be the predominant approach in academic philosophy in our country. The third part addresses the challenges to the formation of philosophical authorship, based on the triplet student-professor-knowledge, and acknowledging objective and subjective aspects of learning.