Epistemologia da Doutrina Cibernética: Do novo estatuto ontológico predicado aos artefatos (Epistemology of Cybernetic Doctrine: On the new ontological status predicated on artifacts)

This article is dedicated to examining the epistemic foundations of cybernetic theory, which was introduced to the public in the last century as a “new general science”. The reason for revisiting this system of ideas is that it serves as the doctrinal pillar upon which some of the major issues of our time currently rest: transhumanism and the so-called artificial intelligence”. What paths have human ideas taken to bring us to the point where, today, within prestigious academic circles, there are proposals to grant human rights to manufactured objects? In this endeavor, we will conduct an epistemological examination of this doctrine in order to ascertain the core convictions that underpin it. We must also scrutinize, both semantically and syntactically, the expressions and assertions employed in its concepts and predications, for which we will largely rely on the tools of classical metaphysics, particularly Aristotle’s ontology.