Sumários

First Test

25 Outubro 2022, 09:30 • Maria Adriana Sequeira da Silva Graça

Test for the first module of the course. 

Tentative Solutions

18 Outubro 2022, 09:30 • Maria Adriana Sequeira da Silva Graça

Tentative solutions for Gettier problem.

The debate between Internalism and Externalism.
Virtue Epistemology.

Presentation of these two topics by two different students (Leandro and Kou).

What Is (Epistemic) Justification?

11 Outubro 2022, 09:30 • Maria Adriana Sequeira da Silva Graça

Study of the Gettier's problem in detail. How do the two original cases work? What notion of justification is playing a part? What to say about a Closure Principle? What are the main ways to solve the problem?

The Gettier Problem

4 Outubro 2022, 09:30 • Maria Adriana Sequeira da Silva Graça

Conclusion of the discussion of the A.J. Ayer's paper.


First approach to E. Gettier's paper "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?" (1963). Presentation by a student (Henrique Matos).

The Analysis ok Knowledge

27 Setembro 2022, 09:30 • Maria Adriana Sequeira da Silva Graça

Discussion of the truth condition in the analysis of knowledge. What is truth? Main theories about truth. Theoretical and pragmatic approaches. Which theory fits best the aims of the analysis?


Discussion of a particular proposal of the tripartite approach to knowledge by A. J. Ayer's "Knowing as Having the Right to be Sure" (1956). Presentation of this paper by a student (Hugo Luzio).