O que é agência epistêmica, afinal?

Autores/as

  • Doraci Engel Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2017.3.28442

Palabras clave:

Agência, Racionalidade Epistêmica, Racionalidade Prática, Conhecimento.

Resumen

Neste artigo examino a possibilidade de agência no domínio epistêmico – a visão compartilhada por muitos filósofos de que possamos ser ativos, ao invés de passivos, em relação às nossas crenças e manifestações de conhecimento. Concluo que a noção de agência epistêmica é plausível apenas em sentido indireto, referindo-se as diferentes ações que realizamos com intuito de melhorar nossos compromissos epistêmicos. Trata-se de um tipo de agência prática, como qualquer agência, mas que não nos autoriza a pensar que possamos estar agindo de alguma maneira quando cremos ou conhecemos.

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Biografía del autor/a

Doraci Engel, Pontíficia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Possui graduação em jornalismo pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC (1983), graduação em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS (2010), mestrado em Filosofia pela Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS (2012) e doutorado pela Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS (2017). Pesquisa nas áreas de Epistemologia e Metafisica.

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Publicado

2017-12-28

Cómo citar

Engel, D. (2017). O que é agência epistêmica, afinal?. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 62(3), 540–565. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2017.3.28442