Egoism In philosophy, egoism is the theory that one’s self is, ou devrait être, the motivation and the goal of one’s own action. Egoism has two variants, descriptive or normative. The descriptive (or positive) variant conceives egoism as a factual description of human affairs. C'est, people are motivated by their own interests and desires, and they cannot be described otherwise. The normative variant proposes

Lucien Blaga (1895-1961) Lucian Blaga était un éminent philosophe d'Europe de l'Est pendant la période entre les deux guerres mondiales.. Formé à la fois en théologie orthodoxe orientale et en philosophie classique, il a développé une philosophie « spéculative » qui comprend des livres sur l'épistémologie, métaphysique, esthétique, philosophie de la culture, anthropologie philosophique, philosophie de l'histoire, philosophie des sciences, et philosophie de la religion. A chair in philosophy of culture was created for

Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900—2002) Hans-Georg Gadamer was a leading Continental philosopher of the twentieth century. His importance lies in his development of hermeneutic philosophy. Hermeneutics, “the art of interpretation,” originated in biblical and legal fields and was later extended to all texts. Martin Heidegger, Gadamer’s teacher, completed the universalizing of the scope of hermeneutics by extending it beyond texts to all forms of human understanding. Donc

Georges Berkeley: Philosophie des sciences George Berkeley annonce dès le début de Trois dialogues entre Hylas et Philonous que les objectifs de son système philosophique sont de démontrer la réalité de la véritable connaissance., la nature incorporelle de l'âme, et la direction et le soin toujours présents de Dieu pour nous. Il le fera contre les sceptiques et les athées. Une bonne compréhension de la science,

Latin American Philosophy This article outlines the history of Latin American philosophy: the thinking of its indigenous peoples, the debates over conquest and colonization, the arguments for national independence in the eighteenth century, the challenges of nation-building and modernization in the nineteenth century, the concerns over various forms of development in the twentieth century, and the diverse interests in Latin American philosophy during the opening

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 logic or set theory. Ou, a reductionist about biological entities like cells might take such entities to be reducible to collections of physico-chemical entities like atoms and molecules. The type