Embodied Cognition Embodied Cognition is a growing research program in cognitive science that emphasizes the formative role the environment plays in the development of cognitive processes. The general theory contends that cognitive processes develop when…
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Infinitism in Epistemology
Infinitism in Epistemology This article provides an overview of infinitism in epistemology. Infinitism is a family of views in epistemology about the structure of knowledge and epistemic justification. It contrasts naturally with coherentism and foundationalism….
Phenomenology
Phenomenology In its central use, the term “phenomenology” names a movement in twentieth century philosophy. A second use of “phenomenology” common in contemporary philosophy names a property of some mental states, the property they have…
Resource Bounded Agents
Resource Bounded Agents Resource bounded agents are persons who have information processing limitations. All persons and other cognitive agents who have bodies are such that their sensory transducers (such as their eyes and ears) avoir…
Identity Theory
Identity Theory Identity theory is a family of views on the relationship between mind and body. Type Identity theories hold that at least some types (or kinds, or classes) of mental states are, as a…
Le jardin d'Epicure
Le jardin d'Épicure Un jardin près de la ville d'Athènes, owned and used by the philosopher Epicurus and his followers. Il est devenu un symbole de la philosophie épicurienne. Table of Contents Location and Use References and…
Legal Hermeneutics
Legal Hermeneutics The question of how best to determine the meaning of a given text (legal or otherwise) has always been the chief concern of the general field of inquiry known as hermeneutics. Legal hermeneutics…
Maurice Blondel (1861—1949)
Maurice Blondel (1861—1949) Blondel’s importance has largely been in theological and Catholic philosophical circles in France, Allemagne, Spain, Italie, and Quebec. Among many other important authors in the 20th Century, Blondel is responsible for the “new theology”, ce…
Analytic Perspectives in the Philosophy of Music
Analytic Perspectives in the Philosophy of Music The philosophy of music attempts to answer questions concerning the nature and value of musical practices. Contemporary analytic philosophy has tackled these issues in its characteristically piecemeal approach,…
Développement moral
Développement moral Cette entrée analyse le développement moral comme une vision philosophique pérenne complétée par des programmes de recherche empiriques modernes.. The two initial sections summarize what moral development is and why it is important for ethics and…