Hugo Grotius (1583—1645) Hugo Grotius was a Dutch humanist and jurist whose philosophy of natural law had a major impact on the development of seventeenth century political thought and on the moral theories of the…
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Platon: Philosophie politique
Platon: Philosophie politique Platon (c. 427-347 avant notre ère) développé des domaines de philosophie aussi distincts que l'épistémologie, métaphysique, éthique, et esthétique. Sa profonde influence sur la philosophie occidentale est affirmée dans la célèbre remarque d'Alfred North Whitehead:…
Reductionism
Reductionism Reductionists are those who take one theory or phenomenon to be reducible to some other theory or phenomenon. Par exemple, a reductionist regarding mathematics might take any given mathematical theory to be reducible to…
Modal Logic: A Contemporary View
Modal Logic: A Contemporary View Modal notions go beyond the merely true or false by embedding what we say or think in a larger conceptual space referring to what might be or might have been,…
Philosophie chinoise: Aperçu de l'histoire
Philosophie chinoise: Aperçu de l'histoire Aucun effort n'a été fait pour écrire une histoire complète de la philosophie chinoise jusqu'à la période moderne d'influence occidentale sur la culture chinoise.. This is not to say that Chinese…
History of African Philosophy
History of African Philosophy This article traces the history of systematic African philosophy from the early 1920s to date. In Plato’s Theaetetus, Socrates suggests that philosophy begins with wonder. Aristotle agreed. Toutefois, recent research shows that…
Omnipotence
Omnipotence L'omnipotence est la propriété d'être tout-puissant; c'est l'un des attributs divins traditionnels dans les conceptions occidentales de Dieu. This notion of an all-powerful being is often claimed to be incoherent because a being who…
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droits d'auteur & Reprint Information All articles are copyrighted by The IEP and the authors of the original articles; par conséquent, our articles are not open source or in the public domain. The Encyclopedia has these reprint…
Art and Interpretation
Art and Interpretation Interpretation in art refers to the attribution of meaning to a work. A point on which people often disagree is whether the artist’s or author’s intention is relevant to the interpretation of…
Toleration
Toleration The heart of tolerance is self-control. When we tolerate an activity, we resist our urge to forcefully prohibit the expression of activities that we find unpleasant. More abstractly, toleration can be understood as a political…