Epistemological Dialogue: Reflections on the History of Science and Theories of Knowledge

Abstract

"Within the framework of the Epistemology Chair of the Social Sciences Program at the National University of San Juan, Professor Alicia Russo, former chairholder, was invited to give an Open Class on science and theories of knowledge. The activity, held in the spring of 2022, was promoted by the current chairholder, Professor Sandra Lambiase, and the Assistant Professor, Lic. Paloma Chousal Lizama. Through an engaging language, resulting from the dialogue between the invited professor and students of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the class document proposes a broad overview starting from elements of Greek culture to contemporary transdisciplinary epistemological approaches.

Beginning with an understanding of epistemology and the discussion about the definition of science, the document highlights the conceptions that different schools of thought bring into tension. Different moments in the history of knowledge are identified with the intention of clarifying and deepening the necessary contextualization of epistemological discussions in their continuities and discontinuities. For this purpose, a chronological clarification is incorporated (birth and death years of each author) to facilitate the temporal organization of the presented ideas."