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ABSTRACT Some commentators argue that the notes collected as Wittgenstein's On Certainty provide the basis for a groundbreaking epistemological theory and response to scepticism. This theory pertains to the role of what some have called the hinge propositions of our inquiry, following Wittgenstein's metaphor of hinges of a door. This paper examines one
David Veldran
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“Challenging public rhetoric justifying immigrants as ‘indecent’”
Elites employ various rhetorical strategies in public discourse, including on the topic of immigration. As such, those with influence rely on storytelling to shape views about the narratives related to immigrants as a minority out-group.
Aaron Martin +4 more
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Contemporary Epistemology of Nationalism:
This inquiry examines the structure of knowledge of nationalism. While numerous studies on nationalism focus on the nature and defining elements of nations, this research explores nationalism discourse from a purely epistemological viewpoint and asks ...
Uros Prokic
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“That We May Love the As Yet Unknown God”: The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine’s De Trinitate
Abstract Recent interest in the idea of analogy and the analogy of being, along with the apparent invocation of Augustine’s De Trinitate in the definition of Lateran IV, calls for a renewed investigation into the idea of analogy in the aforementioned text. Methodologically, “analogy” in De Trin. names a form of discourse which attempts to see the truth
Samuel J. Korb
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Chisholmian Foundationalism and the Naturalization of Epistemology
El reciente proyecto de naturalización de la epistemología ha producido gran cantidad de discusiones teóricas, muchas de las cuales (Goldman, Kornblith) se esfuerzan por aludir a la investigación realizada en las ciencias cognoscitivas con el fin de ...
Jane Duran
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Progress, Objectivism, and Philosophy of History: The Problem of Progress in Critical Theory
Abstract In this paper, I evaluate Rahel Jaeggi's theory of progress as outlined in her recent book Fortschritt und Regression. The central question of this paper will be whether Jaeggi's theory of progress in terms of an “accumulating problem‐solving process” can answer the critique of progress put forward by Amy Allen in The End of Progress.
Wouter Wiersma
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REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN
ABSTRACT This review essay argues that the realist philosophy of history, as represented by Adam Timmins in Towards a Realist Philosophy of History, raises interesting questions about the nature of historical writing and challenges some of the foundations of idealist philosophy of history.
Stefan Berger
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Ockam’s Razor and the Heterogenity of Representations: towards an Ontology of the Abstract
Foundationalism is the thesis that there is an epistemologically significant distinction between fundamental science (i.e. theoretical physics) and the special sciences.
Sergio Fernando MARTÍNEZ MUÑOZ
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Justificação epistêmica fundacionismo e coerentismo
E. Gettier's article "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?" changed the course of epistemology by analyzing the issue of justified truth regarding propositional knowledge and detecting a problem with the traditional definition of knowledge.
Elnora Gondim
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From phenomenology to archaeology. Foucault with—and against—Merleau‐Ponty
Abstract This article examines the complex and often ambiguous relationship Michel Foucault maintained with phenomenology through his dialogue with Maurice Merleau‐Ponty from the early 1950s to the mid‐1960s. The analysis delineates Foucault's progressive displacement from an internal questioning of phenomenology toward his major archaeological ...
Philippe Sabot
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