Titolo Epistemologia, straniamento e riduzionismo Periodico Annali del dipartimento di filosofia Anno: 2011 - Volume: 17 - Pagina iniziale: 95 - Pagina finale: 134
The paper examines the epistemological significance of the expe- rience of estrangement caused by some types of descriptions of objects and phenomena. It shows how, today, the main productive matrix of these descriptions is formed by natural science. A distinction is drawn between a reductionist and pluralist approach to the aspect of estrangement offered by science, and subsequently analysed. The paper then puts forward an argument in support of the latter attitude.