Normatividade e Investigação

Abstract

This paper aims at dealing with the problem of normativity as regards naturalized epistemologies Accordmg to Quine's view in "Epistemology Naturalized" normativity is to be ruled out from epistemology altogether. However, some other naturalists and Quine himself in later works revise that doctrine. Particularly, Richard Boyd and Alvin Goldman's stances are reviewed
here, inl addition to Quine's tater view according to which normativity concerns "applied" epistemology. Finally, a further solution is proposed, which stems from an analysis of the pragmatics of investigation According to this view normativity is a feature of our investigations, it is not related to epistemology as a discipline.