Epistemic Closure Principles Epistemic closure principles state that the members of an epistemic set (such as propositions known by me) bear a given relation (such as known deductive entailment) only to other members of that…
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Naturalistic Epistemology
Naturalistic Epistemology Naturalistic epistemology is an approach to the theory of knowledge that emphasizes the application of methods, results, and theories from the empirical sciences. It contrasts with approaches that emphasize a priori conceptual analysis…
Gianni Vattimo (1936− )
Gianni Vattimo (1936− ) Gianni Vattimo est un philosophe et commentateur culturel italien. Il a étudié à Turin, L'Italie avec Luigi Pareyson, et à Heidelberg sous Hans-Georg Gadamer. Central to Vattimo’s philosophy are the existentialist and…
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables With the possible exception of the New Testament, no works written in Greek are more widespread and better known than Aesop’s Fables. For at least 2500 years they have been teaching people of…
Phenomenology and Time-Consciousness
Phenomenology and Time-Consciousness Edmund Husserl, founder of the phenomenological movement, employs the term “phenomenology” in its etymological sense as the activity of giving an account (logos) of the way things appear (phainomenon). Donc, a phenomenology…
Ayn Rand (1905—1982)
Ayn Rand (1905—1982) Ayn Rand was a major intellectual of the twentieth century. Born in Russia in 1905 and educated there, she immigrated to the United States after graduating from university. Upon becoming proficient in…
Nominalisme mathématique
Nominalisme mathématique Le nominalisme mathématique peut être décrit comme l'idée selon laquelle les entités mathématiques – les entités telles que les nombres, ensembles, fonctions, et les groupes – n'existent pas. Toutefois, indiquant que la vue nécessite une certaine prudence. Bien que le point de vue opposé (that mathematical…
Clarence Irving Lewis (1883—1964)
Clarence Irving Lewis (1883—1964) C. je. Lewis was a major American pragmatist. He was educated at Harvard, taught at the University of California from 1911 to 1919 and at Harvard from 1920 until his retirement…
Métaépistémologie
La métaépistémologie La métaépistémologie est, à peu près, la branche de l'épistémologie qui pose des questions sur des questions épistémologiques de premier ordre. Il examine les aspects fondamentaux de la théorie épistémique comme la métaphysique, épistémologie, sémantique, agence, psychologie, responsabilité, raisons de croire, et au-delà….
Evolutionary Ethics
Evolutionary Ethics Evolutionary ethics tries to bridge the gap between philosophy and the natural sciences by arguing that natural selection has instilled human beings with a moral sense, a disposition to be good. If this…