Da habituação individual à construção de nichos por meio da ritualização de grupos: uma descrição partindo da minimização dos erros de predição

  • Thales M. M. Silva
  • José Carlos C. de Sant’Anna
  • Maria Luiza I. de Vasconcelos
  • Lucas S. dos Santos
  • Matheus F.F. Ribeiro
  • Renato Matoso Docente Colaborador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Metafísica da UnB
Palavras-chave: Habituação, Orientação da Atenção, Ritualização de Grupos, Modulação de Recursos Cognitivos, Criação de Nichos

Resumo

O presente artigo explora como a Inferência Ativa (IA) e o Processamento Preditivo (PP) vêm sendo utilizados como frameworks para o entendimento da neuro-cognição e do comportamento dentro das ciências cognitivas e evolucionistas da religião (CESR), particularmente no estudo da ritualização humana. Argumenta-se que, enquanto a IA oferece uma perspectiva ampla e unificadora baseada na minimização dos erros de predição, o PP fornece um relato mais específico e focado, o qual vem sendo agenciado em investigações sobre o desenvolvimento de hábitos individuais, sua relação com rituais coletivos e potencial papel na construção de nichos. Aqui, a sugestão seria a de que, ao longo da história, o comportamento ritualizado teria modulado recursos neuro-cognitivos individuais e facilitado o compartilhamento de interpretações intragrupos que, por sua vez, teriam permitido o alinhamento de populações humanas ao longo dos processos evolutivos de alteração de seus ambientes de desenvolvimento. Ao enfocar o estudo dos rituais sob as lentes da IA e do PP, o artigo busca explorar como, a despeito de questionamentos acerca de seu suporte empírico, o uso desses frameworks pelas CESR demonstra seu poder como heurísticas para descobertas nas ciências comportamentais e do cérebro e, em última análise, sua utilidade instrumental em promover investigações transdisciplinares, gerando novos insights e promovendo a
reinterpretação de descobertas preexistentes acerca do comportamento humano.

Biografia do Autor

Renato Matoso, Docente Colaborador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Metafísica da UnB

Renato Matoso possui Graduação em Filosofia, Mestrado em Filosofia Antiga, Doutorado em Filosofia Antiga
e Doutorado em Psicologia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Puc-Rio). Exerceu
pesquisas de Pós-Doutorado junto à Cátedra UNESCO-Archai da Universidade de Brasília (UnB) e ao Programa
de Pós-Graduação em Lógica e Metafísica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), além de ter sido
Visiting Research Fellow na Brown Univerisity (USA). Atualmente, é Professor dos Programas de Graduação e
Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da PUC-Rio e Docente Colaborador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Metafísica
da UnB

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2025-11-07
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M. M. Silva , T., C. de Sant’Anna, J. C., I. de Vasconcelos, M. L., S. dos Santos, L., F.F. Ribeiro, M., & Matoso, R. (2025). Da habituação individual à construção de nichos por meio da ritualização de grupos: uma descrição partindo da minimização dos erros de predição. ARARIPE — REVISTA DE FILOSOFIA - , 5(1), 270-314. https://doi.org/10.56837/Araripe.2024.v5.n1.1447