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Contextualism
Knowledge

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VENTURINHA, Nuno; CARVALHO, Marcelo; CUTER , João V. G.; SILVA, Marcos; DALL’AGNOL , Darlei. Description of situations: an essay in contextualist epistemology. Manuscrito: International Journal of Philosophy, Campinas, SP, v. 43, n. 3, p. 164–258, 2021. Disponível em: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8664314. Acesso em: 8 jul. 2024.

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This book symposium comprises a précis of Nuno Venturinha’s Description of Situations: An Essay in Contextualist Epistemology (Springer, 2018) together with four critical commentaries on different aspects of the book by Marcelo Carvalho, João Vergílio Gallerani Cuter, Marcos Silva and Darlei Dall’Agnol, and the author’s replies.

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