Liar Paradox The Liar Paradox is an argument that arrives at a contradiction by reasoning about a Liar Sentence. The Classical Liar Sentence is the self-referential sentence: This sentence is false. It leads to the same difficulties as the sentence, I am lying. Experts in the field of philosophical logic have never agreed on the way out of the trouble despite 2,300 years of attention.

Georges Berkeley (1685—1753) George Berkeley was one of the three most famous British Empiricists. (The other two are John Locke and David Hume.) Berkeley is best known for his early works on vision (An Essay towards a New Theory of Vision, 1709) et métaphysique (A Treatise concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, 1710; Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, 1713). Berkeley’s empirical theory of vision challenged the then-standard

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868—1963) O. E. B. Du Bois was an important American thinker: a poet, philosophe, economic historian, sociologist, and social critic. His work resists easy classification. This article focuses exclusively on Du Bois’ contribution to philosophy; but the reader must keep in mind throughout that Du Bois is more than a philosopher; he is, pour beaucoup, a great social leader. His

Nicholas Rescher (1928—) Nicholas Rescher (1928- ) is a prominent representative of contemporary pragmatism, mais, unlike most analytic thinkers, he managed to establish himself as a systematic philosopher. En particulier, he built a system of “pragmatic idealism” that combines elements of the European continental idealism with American pragmatism. One of the most salient features of Rescher¹s work is the breadth of topics with which he

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,