Phenomenological Agnoiology: A theory of ignorance
The term agnoiology, conceived as a General Theory of Ignorance, was coined by James Frederick Ferrier in Institutes of Metaphysic: The Theory of Knowing and Being (1854), a work to which we also owe the term epistemology. In what is commonly described as postmodernity, ignorance has once again become a central concern. It is therefore…
Ignorance and metaphysics at the limits of Quantum Physics and infinitesimal calculus
Ignorance is not confined to religion or metaphysics; it is a pervasive feature of science itself, frequently likened to a bottomless pit. At the very core of Leibniz’s infinitesimal calculus lies a profound ignorance concerning the ultimate limits of reality—an encounter with a concept that is at once nonexistent and yet indispensable to our understanding…
The Meaning of Sense
It is necessary to ask whether the very notion of “sense” possesses any intrinsic meaning at all. As Emil Cioran once observed: “To wake up startled, wondering whether the word ‘sense’ has any meaning, and then to be astonished that one cannot fall back asleep.”
The ‘common sense’ and the meaning of ‘meaning’
Until now, we have persistently asked about the meaning of history and the role played by religious beliefs and ideologies in shaping it, within a world marked by constant change and evolution. With postmodernity, however, new intellectual and emotional frameworks for understanding the world, society, and even the meaning of life itself have emerged. Today…
The epistemology of Artificial Intelligence: An interview with six chatbots Artificial ignorance
This article examines the epistemological framework that emerges from an analysis of responses to a questionnaire administered to six publicly available AI chatbots, focusing on how these systems generate, justify, and structure knowledge in their interactions with users.
The Death of the ‘Subject of History’
The article examines the conceptual distinction between the historical subject and agency (or social agency), and reflects on the gradual disappearance of unified historical subjects, replaced instead by a constellation of social movements that fragment political life in contemporary democracies.
How the ignorant modernity is facing the Global Virus
Why did we not really believe it would happen», when virologists and epidemiologists had announced it, when such influential people as Bill Gates had placed it as the greatest danger we would face in the future, even greater than nuclear weapons?
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