Research Groups

O grupo Arte e Tecnologia tem como propósito explorar as relações entre as práticas artísticas e o desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias. O seu principal objetivo é analisar, avaliar e discutir criticamente a forma como a aliança entre a arte e a tecnologia coloca novos desafios e oferece novas formas de responder às questões contemporâneas.

Seeks to develop inter-disciplinary research work on cinema and political philosophy, in several contexts, such as social, historical, and epistemological ones.

Working group dedicated to the study of Kant’s philosophy as well as philosophies marked by a Kantian framework, namely within the sphere of moral and political philosophy, with a special focus on the topic of ethical values, and always in connection with other domains, such as aesthetics.

A group of philosophers and cognitive scientists dedicated to understanding knowledge, reasoning and the mind in their full compass.

The Lisbon Nietzsche Group is a research group dedicated to the study of the works and thought of Friedrich Nietzsche, the culture of his time, and the relevance of his legacy for our own time.

The Lisbon Wittgenstein Group (LWG) is a transversal research platform at IFILNOVA that brings together researchers from various labs there, namely ArgLab, CultureLab and EPLab. The history of research on Wittgenstein at IFILNOVA dates back to the times of the Institute of Philosophy of Language (IFL).

Devoted to developing theoretical tools and methodologies capable of addressing philosophical questions in practice, contributing to societal challenges.

The primary goal of this group is to investigate problems of rationality, normativity and values, as manifest in human uses of language and argumentation.

This working group aims at investigating how documentary formats produce, contest, subvert and question political, epistemological and aesthetic values on multifold levels.