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Until now, it has not been quite clear what were the reasons which once determined the choice of a place for the foundation of a pyramid necropolis: the vicinity of a quarry with adequate building materials, the convenient geological subsoil, the presence …

1. We began by presenting a "pragmaticist" model of knowledge as inquiry and having knowledge as its aim or ideal (Tiercelin, 2005), according to the following general scheme, which proposes, this time, not necessary and sufficient conditions (too strong …

1. A pragmatist-inspired model of knowledge as a question-and-answer inquiry process (recently developed by Ch. Hookway) has been presented , with the following schema: 1. X knows Q; 2. X's answer to Q is P; 3. therefore, P. 2. The merits of this approach …

1. We began by recalling the significance of the return of the virtues in morality and epistemology, which took place in reaction to both consequentialism and Kantian deontologism, and resulted in a return to the Aristotelian virtues in ethics and …

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1. We began by presenting The Magnitude of the Skeptical Challenge , emphasizing the unnatural and natural character of doubt on the one hand, and the magnitude of the challenge as it presents itself in particular in the form of Humean skepticism on the …

Relativism is a term that covers a whole family of doctrines, depending on the field to which it applies (ontological, linguistic, moral, aesthetic, cultural, social relativism, etc.) and the degree to which we are prepared to accept it (relativism of …

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This lecture has been devoted to presenting the general framework of our thinking and a brief conceptual and historical overview. Although the project of defining knowledge goes back to Plato's Theaetetus , where it is presented as "true opinion endowed …

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