Donald Herbert Davidson: Esprit et action Donald Davidson était un philosophe américain du XXe siècle dont les influences les plus profondes sur la philosophie contemporaine se situent dans la philosophie de l'esprit et de l'action.. Cet article examine en détail deux motifs majeurs de la philosophie de Davidson. La première est que les phénomènes mentaux résistent à être « capturés dans le réseau nomologique de la théorie physique ». Davidson affirme qu'il n'existe pas de lois déterministes strictes sur le

Roderick M. Chisholm: Epistemology Roderick M. Chisholm, a luminary of 20th century philosophy, is best known for his contributions in epistemology and metaphysics. His groundbreaking theory of knowledge opened the door to the late 20th and early 21st century work on the analysis of knowledge, scepticisme, foundationalism, internalism, the ethics of beliefs, and evidentialism, to name just a few topics. Chisholm’s analysis of knowledge was

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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

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 practice aiming at neutrality, objectivity, or fairness on the part of political agents. These ideas are related in that the goal of political neutrality is deliberate restraint of the power