The epistemological controversies provide a space for reflection and dialogue on the complex relationship between belief and knowledge. Often presented as opposing or even competing domains, these two forms of understanding have in fact evolved together throughout the history of human thought. Faith and knowledge have long been perceived as rivals, each claiming its own legitimacy in interpreting reality. This series of meetings invites participants to reconsider this framework and to approach these tensions from a different angle.

The starting hypothesis is deliberately open: what if knowledge sometimes benefits from being illuminated by faith? Not in order to submit to it or dissolve into it, but to be questioned in terms of its limits, assumptions, and implications. Conversely, faith itself can be challenged by the demands of knowledge, rational inquiry, and critical thinking. Epistemological controversies take place precisely within this productive space of confrontation, where no discourse is regarded as beyond question.

Offered as a monthly series (on the first Friday of each month, registration required), each session focuses on a central issue related to the foundations of knowledge: truth, reason, belief, science, subjectivity, experience, or meaning. The meetings take the form of structured discussions, supported by conceptual input, concrete examples, and exchanges with participants. The aim is not to reach definitive answers, but to stimulate thought, open new perspectives, and allow each participant to refine their own position.

Every first Friday of the month, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m., starting on 6 March, at Amphipôle 249 at UNIL