Property Concepts of property are used to describe the legal and ethical entitlements that particular people or groups have to use to manage particular resources. Beyond that most general definition of ‘property’ however, philosophical controversy reigns. Political and legal philosophers disagree on what types of entitlements are essential elements of property, and on the shape and nature of the resultant property entitlements. En effet, philosophers even

Laws of Nature Laws of Nature are to be distinguished both from Scientific Laws and from Natural Laws. Neither Natural Laws, as invoked in legal or ethical theories, nor Scientific Laws, which some researchers consider to be scientists’ attempts to state or approximate the Laws of Nature, will be discussed in this article. Plutôt, it explores issues in contemporary metaphysics. Within metaphysics, there are two competing

Constructive Mathematics Constructive mathematics is positively characterized by the requirement that proof be algorithmic. En gros, this means that when a (mathematical) object is asserted to exist, an explicit example is given: a constructive existence proof demonstrates the existence of a mathematical object by outlining a method of finding (“constructing”) such an object. The emphasis in constructive theory is placed on hands-on provability, au lieu de

Solipsism and the Problem of Other Minds Solipsism is sometimes expressed as the view that “I am the only mind which exists,” or “My mental states are the only mental states.” However, the sole survivor of a nuclear holocaust might truly come to believe in either of these propositions without thereby being a solipsist. Solipsism is therefore more properly regarded as the doctrine that, en principe, “existence” means for

Émile Meyerson (1859-1933) Émile Meyerson, un chimiste et philosophe des sciences, a proposé que les explications de la science soient régies par deux principes fondamentaux de la raison, à savoir, le principe de licéité et le principe de causalité. Alors que le contenu des explications change à travers l'histoire à mesure que les théories explicatives de la science passent de l'atomisme primitif et des théories qualitatives à la physique de la relativité et à la mécanique quantique., la forme de

Philosophie politique: Méthodologie La philosophie politique commence par la question: quelle devrait être la relation d’une personne à la société? Le sujet cherche à appliquer des concepts éthiques à la sphère sociale et traite ainsi de la variété des formes de gouvernement et d’existence sociale dans lesquelles les gens pourraient vivre – et ce faisant, il fournit également une norme permettant d'analyser et de juger les