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Dascal on Leibniz, epistemology & intellectual cooperation

Posted on November 29th, 2010 in Leibniz, Marcelo Dascal, argumentation, ars combinatoria, artificial languages, epistemology, philosophers.

I began this post on August 12, 2008 with these references. In lieu of reviewing this fascinating subject matter now, here is the bibliography: Dascal, Marcelo. Leibniz and Epistemological Diversity. In A. Lamarra and R. Palaia (eds.), Unita e Molteplicita nel Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico di Leibniz (Simposio Internazionale Roma, October 1996). Roma: Leo S. [...]

Ethnoepistemology

Posted on October 18th, 2008 in African philosophy, Alvin Goldman, American Philosophy, Chinese Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Native American philosophy, Richard Rorty, academia, anthropology, epistemology, ethnoepistemology, ethnophilosophy, globalization, identity politics, intellectual life, irrationalism, liberalism, multiculturalism, naturalized epistemology, orientalism, pluralism, postmodernism, reflexivity, relativism, truth.

Originally titled “Ethnoepistemology, my ass!”, written 2 August 2008. Excuse all the cuss words. I’ve cut out a few of the epithets, but I’m preserving the flavor of my diatribe. * * * * * Ethnoepistemology (James Maffie), The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. There are often lapses and biases in reference works in the humanities [...]

Dascal on controversies

Posted on August 10th, 2008 in Chaim Perelman, Darwinism, Gilles-Gaston Granger, Hegel, Jacques Derrida, John Searle, Kant, Karl Popper, Lakatos, Marcelo Dascal, Mary Hesse, Schopenhauer, Thomas Kuhn, argumentation, epistemology, paraconsistency, philosophers, philosophical style, positivism, pragmatics, rationality, scientific revolution, speech acts.

Dascal, Marcelo. Types of polemics and types of polemical moves. In S. Cmejrkova, J. Hoffmannova, O. Mullerova, and J. Svetla, Dialogue Analysis VI (= Proceedings of the 6th Conference, Prague 1996), vol. 1. Tubingen: Max Niemeyer, 15-33, 1998 [Reprinted in H.S. Gill and G. Manetti (eds.), Signs and Signification, vol. II, New Delhi: Bahri Publication, [...]