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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This book is a translation with introduction, notes and commentaries of Montaigne' chapter "Of cripples" (Essays, III, 11).The Introduction presents in a general way Montaigne's thought, discusses its unity, presents the main two topics of the chapter translated, and indicates the purposes of the book. The Introduction aims at showing the historical interest and the actuality of this chap…
The book offers a general interpretation of the philosophical thinking of Oswaldo Porchat. it has two parts. The first one explains the three main phases of his thought: the conflict of philosophies, the philosophy of the common view of the world, and neo-Pyrrhonism. The basic point is to apprehend synchronically each one of these phases. As neo-Pyrrhonism is the most important and most c…
The purpose of this book is to investigate how some modern philosophers apply what Sextus Empiricus called the "constitutive principle"of scepticism. According to this principle, or the sceptical method of opposition, it is possible to oppose to any discourse another one equally convincing. To ancients sceptics, the natural, inevitable outcome of an impartial use of reason is suspension o…
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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 …
Proponho-me a estudar a filosofia de Peter F. Strawson em sua relação com o ceticismo. Para isso, selecionarei os textos em que Strawson trata desse tema, bem como alguns artigos de outros filósofos, como Barry Stroud e Peter Hacker, que examinam a critica de Strawson ao ceticismo. Um dos problemas a ser estudado é se houve mudanças significativas na posição de Strawson em relação ao ceti…
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This project focus on one of the longest chapters of book III of Montaigne' Essays: "On some of Virgil' verses" (III, 5). It intends not only (1) to describe its place in book III, but also (2) analyst its argumentation in detail. (1) This chapter plays a crucial role in book III, because it provides what Montaigne calls "my philosophy", and it must be read together with "Of experience"(I…
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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