%0 Journal Article %T Servi o Social: raz o ontol¨®gica ou instrumental? Social Work: ontological or instrumental reason? %A Jos¨¦ Fernando Siqueira da Silva %J Revista Kat¨¢lysis %D 2013 %I Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina %X O presente ensaio analisa a oposi o entre as perspectivas ontol¨®gica e instrumental, tendo como refer¨ºncia o campo particular das profiss es e o processo de forma o profissional dos assistentes sociais. Para tanto, remete a uma importante quest o: que tipo de profissional pretende-se formar, intelectuais ou t¨¦cnico-operativos? Al¨¦m disso, considerando o atual est¨¢gio de acumula o do capital, procura contribuir para o debate contemporaneo acerca da dire o social estrat¨¦gica assumida, a partir dos anos 1990, pelas principais organiza es representativas da categoria profissional dos assistentes sociais no Brasil. This essay analyzes the opposition between ontological and instrumental perspectives as a reference for the particular field of the professions and the process of professional education of social workers. To do so it raises an important question: what type of professional is to be educated, intellectuals or technical-operatives? Considering the current stage of capitalist accumulation, it seeks to contribute to the contemporary debate about the strategic social direction assumed since the 1990s by the main representative organizations of the professional category of social workers in Brazil. %K Servi o Social %K Ontologia %K Pr¨¢xis %K Social Work %K Ontology %K Praxis %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-49802013000100008