Genesis, démarche and development of the normative approach in epistemology

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to show the trajectory of the normative approach and its different thematic variations regarding the most different attacks that it has suffered throughout the history of philosophy. Thus, it is sought to treat the philosophical-epistemological itinerary about the normative or prescriptive approach of knowledge from its bases. The methodology used is based on the dialectical method, emphasizing within the normative approach itself the different conceptions of normativity and their theoretical contrapositions. The methodological trail focus on the bibliographical review of Plato, Descartes, Kant, Russell, Quine and Laudan, covering the critical analyzes concerning normative epistemological aspects throughout the history of knowledge, fundamentally of scientific knowledge.