Vattimo and Taylor on the epistemological status of scientific knowledge: hermeneutical counterpoint
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https://doi.org/10.32735/S0718-22012022000551097Keywords:
Hermeneutics, Science, Truth, Vattimo, TaylorAbstract
In this paper I present the position of two philosophers associated with the hermeneutic tradition, Gianni Vattimo and Charles Taylor, about the status of scientific knowledge in our contemporary world. Through a brief exposition of the fundamental features of their respective ontologies and epistemologies, I seek to offer a critical comparison. In the conclusion, I defend the superiority of Taylor’s formulation, inasmuch it allows to put in question the primacy of the natural science model without abandoning a realist conception of the world and of the category of truth.
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