HISTORICAL-DIALECTIC MATERIALISM: REFLECTIONS ON THE METHOD

Abstract

This text presents reflections that support the debate on the historical-dialectical materialism method. The objective of this work is to understand the production of knowledge in Marx and his contributions to the epistemological field. It seeks to understand the difficulties of approaching the methodological resolution in Marxian production and to present, from Marxian thought and other authors, the basic assumptions that allow understanding that there is a type of theoretical-epistemological production in Marxian and Marxist works. It discusses the ontological question of the Being, the method and the production of knowledge in Marx. It is concluded that there is no explanatory path about the method, but theoretical-methodological indications that expose a consistent and articulated framework around the understanding of reality and the Being. This analytical framework clarifies not only the ontology of Being and its relationship with reality, but also transforms the way of thinking and doing science in modern times. Thus, it is understood that the Marxian theory represents a great qualitative leap for the production of scientific knowledge, since it advances in important points for the progress of the critique of speculation, as well as for the understanding of central categories that explain the problem of knowledge and its relation to social practice.