Prawitz's Epistemic Grounding

I obtained my Bachelor Degree in Philosophy at the “Federico II” University of Naples in 2009, and my Master Degree in Philosophy at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome in 2014. I achieved the Doctoral Degree in Philosophy in 2019, with a dissertation about Dag Prawitz’s theory of grounds under the conjoint direction of prof. Gabriella Crocco (Aix-Marseille University) and prof. Cesare Cozzo (“La Sapienza” University of Rome). I am currently teaching History and Philosophy of Science, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, and Philosophy of Mathematics, at the Science and Philosophy Departments of the Aix-Marseille University.Broadly, I deal with mathematical logic and philosophy of logic. More specifically, I am interested into constructive logics and proof-theoretic semantics (particularly Prawitz’s semantics) stemming from the intuitionistic tradition. As a parallel project, I investigate whether Kreisel’s informal rigour and Goedel’s absolute provability can be read through the lens of contemporary constructivist approaches. A minor interest concerns a socio-epistemological study of scientific controversies.

• 1. Introduction.- Part I. The idea of epistemic grounding. 2. From models to evidence.-  3. Valid arguments and proofs.- 4. Prawitz’s theory of grounds.- Part II. Formal epistemic grounding. 5. Languages of grounding.- 6. Systems of grounding.- 7. Completeness and recognizability.- 8. Conclusion.- Bibliography.