From Canguilhem to Foucault by way of Psychology

The purpose of the present work is to compare the debate between the Philosopher Georges Canguilhem and the Psychologist Robert Pagès regarding the conference Qu’est-ce que la Psychologie?, held on 1956, with the published texts of Michel Foucault during the decade of 1950. In order to do that, the article begins with some historical notes, followed by a brief analysis of Foucauldian texts of 1954, Maladie Mentale et Personnalité and Introduction à Le Rêve et l’Existence. The Foucauldian texts are then confronted with Canguilhem-Pagès debate, which are analyzed and compared with two other published texts by Foucault in 1957: La Psychologie de 1850 à 1950 and La Recherche Scientifique et la Psychologie. The aim of the present work is to demonstrate that the beginning of Foucault’s career not only maintain a certain interlocution with the questions presented by Canguilhem and Pagès around Psychology, but even rehearse some critical directions which full content can be viewed in both thesis defended by Foucault, Folie et Déraison and Introduction à l’Anthropologie de Kant.O presente trabalho pretende comparar o debate ocorrido entre Georges Canguilhem e Robert Pagès em Qu’est-ce que la Psychologie?, de 1956, com os escritos de Michel Foucault publicados nos anos 1950. Para isso, após alguns apontamentos históricos, faz-se uma breve análise dos textos de Foucault publicados em 1954, Maladie Mentale et Personnalité e a Introduction à Le Rêve et l’Existence. Os textos de Foucault são então confrontados com o debate entre Canguilhem e Robert Pagès, que por sua vez são analisados e comparados com outros dois textos de Foucault publicados em 1957, La Psychologie de 1850 à 1950 e La Recherche Scientifique et la Psychologie. Tenta-se mostrar que o início da trajetória de Foucault não apenas dialoga com diversos temas sobre a Psicologia e as Ciências Humanas colocados por Canguilhem e Pagès, mas também ensaia respostas cujo teor será mais visível em Folie et Déraison e na Introduction à l’Anthropologie de Kant