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Mathematical Platonism Mathematical platonism is any metaphysical account of mathematics that implies mathematical entities exist, that they are abstract, and that they are independent of all our rational activities. Par exemple, a platonist might assert…
Les philosophes présocratiques sont les penseurs occidentaux précédant Socrate. (c. 469-c. 399 avant notre ère) mais y compris certains penseurs à peu près contemporains de Socrate, comme Protagoras (c. 490-c. 420 avant notre ère). The application of the term…
Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang) (602—664) Xuanzang, mondialement connu pour ses seize années de pèlerinage en Inde et sa carrière de traducteur d'écritures bouddhistes, est l'une des figures les plus illustres de l'histoire du bouddhisme scolastique chinois. Born into…
Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre (1929— ) Alasdair MacIntyre is a Scottish born, British educated, moral and political philosopher who has worked in the United States since 1970. His work in ethics and politics reaches across disciplines,…
Conceptual Role Semantics In the philosophy of language, conceptual role semantics (hereafter CRS) is a theory of what constitutes the meanings possessed by expressions of natural languages, or the propositions expressed by their utterance. Dans…
Evolutionary Epistemology Evolutionary Epistemology (EE) is a naturalistic approach to epistemology and so is part of philosophy of science. Other naturalistic approaches include sociological, historical and anthropological explanations of knowledge. What makes EE specific is…
The KK (Knowing that One Knows) Principle In its simplest form, the KK principle says that, for any proposition p, if one knows that p, then one knows that one knows it. More complex formulations…
Diogenes of Apollonia (5th cn. avant notre ère) Diogenes of Apollonia is often considered to be the last of the Presocratic Greek philosophers, although it is more than likely that Democritus was still active after the death of…
Virtue Ethics Virtue ethics is a broad term for theories that emphasize the role of character and virtue in moral philosophy rather than either doing one’s duty or acting in order to bring about good consequences. A virtue…
Plotin (204-270 de notre ère) Plotin est considéré comme le fondateur du néoplatonisme. S'inspirant de sa lecture de Platon, Plotin a développé une cosmologie spirituelle complexe impliquant trois éléments fondamentaux: l'Un, le renseignement, et…