The Indispensability Argument in the Philosophy of Mathematics In his seminal 1973 paper, “Mathematical Truth,” Paul Benacerraf presented a problem facing all accounts of mathematical truth and knowledge. Standard readings of mathematical claims entail the…
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The Philosophy of Anthropology
The Philosophy of Anthropology The Philosophy of Anthropology refers to the central philosophical perspectives which underpin, or have underpinned, the dominant schools in anthropological thinking. It is distinct from Philosophical Anthropology which attempts to define…
Moralité et sciences cognitives
Moralité et sciences cognitives Que savons-nous de la façon dont les gens portent des jugements moraux? Et que devraient faire les philosophes moraux avec cette connaissance? Cet article aborde la science cognitive du jugement moral. It reviews important…
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788—1860)
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788—1860) Arthur Schopenhauer has been dubbed the artist’s philosopher on account of the inspiration his aesthetics has provided to artists of all stripes. He is also known as the philosopher of pessimism, comme…
The Frankfurt School and Critical Theory
The Frankfurt School and Critical Theory The Frankfurt School, known more appropriately as Critical Theory, is a philosophical and sociological movement spread across many universities around the world. It was originally located at the Institute…
Sayyid Qutb (1906—1966)
Sayyid Qutb (1906—1966) Sayyid Qutb was one of the leading Islamist ideological thinkers of the twentieth century. Living and working in Egypt, he turned to Islamism in his early forties after about two decades as…
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism Cultural diversity has been present in societies for a very long time. In Ancient Greece, there were various small regions with different costumes, traditions, dialects and identities, par exemple, those from Aetolia, Locris, Doris…
Omniscience and Divine Foreknowledge
Omniscience and Divine Foreknowledge Omniscience is an attribute having to do with knowledge; it is the attribute of “having knowledge of everything.” Many philosophers consider omniscience to be an attribute possessed only by a divine…
La méthode géométrique
La méthode géométrique La méthode géométrique est le style de preuve (aussi appelé « manifestation ») qui a été utilisé dans les preuves d’Euclide en géométrie, et cela a été utilisé en philosophie dans les preuves de Spinoza dans son Éthique. Le…
Olympe de Gouges (1748—1793)
Olympe de Gouges (1748—1793) “Woman has the right to mount the scaffold; she must equally have the right to mount the rostrum” wrote Olympe de Gouges in 1791 in the best known of her writings…