Philosophie politique: Méthodologie La philosophie politique commence par la question: quelle devrait être la relation d’une personne à la société? The subject seeks the application of ethical concepts to the social sphere and thus deals with the…
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Platon: Organicism
Platon: Organicism Organicism is the position that the universe is orderly and alive, much like an organism. According to Plato, the Demiurge creates a living and intelligent universe because life is better than non-life and…
Hannah Arendt (1906—1975)
Hannah Arendt (1906—1975) Hannah Arendt is a twentieth century political philosopher whose writings do not easily come together into a systematic philosophy that expounds and expands upon a single argument over a sequence of works….
Thomas Reid: Theory of Action
Thomas Reid: Theory of Action Thomas Reid (1710-1796) made important contributions to the fields of epistemology and philosophy of mind, and is often regarded as the founder of the common sense school of philosophy. Toutefois, he also…
Poincaré’s Philosophy of Mathematics
Poincaré’s Philosophy of Mathematics Jules Henri Poincaré was an important French mathematician, scientist, and philosopher in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who was especially known for his conventionalist philosophy. Most of his publishing…
St. Louis Hégéliens
St. Louis Hegelians Nom commun donné à un groupe de philosophes amateurs fondé et dirigé par William Torrey Harris. (1835-1909) et Henry Conrad Brokmeyer (1828-1906). Harris, a New Englander born in Connecticut and educated…
Abu Ya’qub al-Sijistani (fl. 971)
Abu Ya’qub al-Sijistani (fl. 971) Abu Ya‘qub al-Sijistani was first and foremost a member of the Ismaili underground mission — the da‘wa, as it is known in Arabic — that operated in the Iranian province…
Dites bonjour à Wiredu (1931— )
Dites bonjour à Wiredu (1931— ) Kwasi Wiredu is a philosopher from Ghana, who has for decades been involved with a project he terms “conceptual decolonization” in contemporary African systems of thought. By conceptual decolonization, Wiredu advocates a…
Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719)
Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635-1719) La seconde épouse du roi Louis XIV de France, Madame de Maintenon a longtemps fasciné les historiens et les romanciers par sa vie improbable. Né dans un pays pauvre, famille criminelle, Maintenon conquered salon…
The Value of Art
The Value of Art Philosophical discourse concerning the value of art is a discourse concerning what makes an artwork valuable qua its being an artwork. Whereas the concern of the critic is what makes the…