bachelor's at Filosofia from Universidade de São Paulo (1986) and doctorate at Philosophy from Universidade de São Paulo (1991). Has experience in Philosophy, acting on the following subjects: ceticismo, hume, pirronismo, linguagem and duvida. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The central objective of the project, to be carried out during the period 2008-2111, is to investigate critically the roles played by ethical and social values, whether held by individuals or embodied in institutions, in current scientific and technological practices. This will encompass two sets of investigations. The first to concern the contemporary significance of technoscience, inclu…
This project intends to promote our understanding of skepticism, both from a historical point of view and from the point of view of our contemporary discussions. On the one hand, it intends to contribute to a better knowledge of the history of skepticism, and on the other to deepen current, critical discussion of skepticism. Epistemological questions are crucial for the comprehension and …
Although the relation between thought and natural language has been discussed by many philosophers from many different angles, according to Peter Carruthers (1996, 2002) two main opposing views can be identified. One is the communicative conception of language, according to which the central role of language is to express thought. The other is the cognitive conception of language, accordi…
In contemporary analytic philosophy, scepticism was discussed by many philosophers, among them Barry Stroud. For Stroud, scepticism was important, not because it is the correct position, but because it is the main epistemological challenge that leads to a deeper understanding of what knowledges involves. Among the sceptical problems, Stroud investigates carefully the so called problem of …
According to a common view, conscious thoughts necessarily involve quasi-perceptual experiences, or mental images. This is alleged to be the case not only when one entertains conscious thoughts about perceptible things like cats or waterfalls, but also when one thinks about more abstract things, like the impact of philosophy on society. In the case of conscious propositional thoughts, the…
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