ERRORE E VERITÀ: UN RAPPORTO DIALETTICO
SOLLECITAZIONI FOUCAULTIANE

Keren Ponzo

The text explores the nature of error and truth through the perspective that Michel Foucault’s thought offers. The paper opens with an analysis of the concept of aletheia, understood as a process of unveiling being, contrasted with the Heraclitean view of truth as movement and becoming. Foucault’s genealogical method is explored, which questions historically constructed truths, highlighting how the epistemes of an era influence the perception of what is considered true or false. Error is presented as a constitutive element of human experience, not merely a flaw, but a resource for learning and the transformation of knowledge. Error breaks the immediacy of adherence to the already known, imposing a critical confrontation that urges mediation between opposites: between the true and the false, the certain and the uncertain, the absolute and the relative. Finally, the contemporary dimension of error in the context of social and digital complexity is discussed, aided by the elaboration of sociologist Piero Dominici, emphasising the importance of recognising it as an opportunity for innovation and growth. The reflection concludes with the idea that truth is never fixed, but always influenced by power dynamics, making a critical and genealogical approach to its understanding necessary. In this framework, prompted by Foucault’s thought, error is constituted as a means of reasoning around the concept of truth and allows the formulation of a topical question.