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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.8.2020.tde-20042021-210220
Document
Author
Full name
Orlando Lima Pimentel
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2020
Supervisor
Committee
Mariconda, Pablo Ruben (President)
Kinouchi, Renato Rodrigues
Oliveira, Marcos Barbosa de
Zaterka, Luciana
Title in Portuguese
Charles Babbage: teologia, técnica e economia no Nono tratado de Bridgewater
Keywords in Portuguese
Charles Babbage
Economia política
Tecnologia
Teologia Natural
Abstract in Portuguese
Charles Babbage (1791-1871) foi um polímata, economista e engenheiro formado pela Universidade de Cambridge, hoje reconhecido por ser o primeiro a projetar máquinas de cálculo programáveis. Seu renome, comumente associado à história da computação, no entanto, acabou por ofuscar as outras facetas do autor, de tal modo que a diversidade de temas de sua obra passou despercebida pela maioria de seus comentadores. Neste trabalho, propomos uma interpretação ampla dessa menos explorada diversidade do pensamento babbageano, adotando como ponto de partida a sua teologia natural, presente em The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise (1837). Através da articulação de suas reflexões teológicas, de sua experiência como designer de máquinas de cálculo programáveis e de suas propostas para o desenvolvimento econômico e tecnológico enfatizamos, ao longo do trabalho, as linhas guias da obra do matemático de Cambridge. A fim de melhor fundamentar nossa hipótese interpretativa geral, na primeira e segunda parte desta dissertação, contextualizamos tanto o período histórico de Babbage quanto a relação entre a teologia natural babbageana e aquela adotada pela coleção dos Tratados de Bridgewater. Passamos, em seguida, ao comentário de trechos importantes do Nono tratado e, por fim, à conclusão, na qual apresentamos as possíveis críticas ao projeto teológico e econômico babbageano.
Title in English
Charles Babbage: theology, technique, and economy in the Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
Keywords in English
Charles Babbage
Natural Theology
Political economy
Technolog
Abstract in English
Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was a polymath, economist and engineer graduated from the University of Cambridge, today recognized for being the first to design programmable calculating machines. His reputation, commonly associated with the history of computing, however, ended up overshadowing the other facets of the author, in such a way that the diversity of themes in his work went unnoticed by most of his commentators. In this work, we propose a broad interpretation of this less explored diversity of the Babbagean thought, taking as its starting point its natural theology, present in The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise (1837). Through the articulation of his theological reflections, his experience as a designer of programmable calculus machines, and his proposals for economic and technological development, we emphasize, throughout the work, the guidelines of the work of the Cambridge mathematician. In order to better base our general interpretive hypothesis, in the first and second part of this dissertation, we contextualize both the historical Babbage period and the conflicting relationship between Babbagean natural theology and that adopted by the Bridgewater Treaties collection. We then proceed to comment on important passages from the Ninth treaty and, finally, to the conclusion, in which we present possible criticisms of the Babbagean theological and economic project.
 
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2021-04-20
 
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