Edmond Husserl: Phenomenology of Embodiment For Husserl, the body is not an extended physical substance in contrast to a non-extended mind, but a lived “here” from which all “there’s” are “there”; a locus of distinctive sorts of sensations that can only be felt firsthand by the embodied experiencer concerned; and a coherent system of movement possibilities allowing us to experience every moment of our situated,

Cognitive Relativism Cognitive relativism asserts the relativity of truth. Because of the close connections between the concept of truth and concepts such as knowledge, rationalité, et justification, cognitive relativism is often taken to encompass, or imply, the relativity of these other notions also. Ainsi, epistemological relativism, which asserts the relativity of knowledge, may be understood as a version of cognitive relativism, or at least as

Neo-Stoicism Neo-Stoicism (or Neostoicism) is the name given to a late Renaissance philosophical movement that attempted to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be acceptable to a Christian audience. This involved the rejection or modification of certain parts of the Stoic system, especially physical doctrines such as materialism and determinism. As John Calvin’s objection attests, this was often seen by others to be

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

Gottfried Leibniz: Philosophy of Mind Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a true polymath: he made substantial contributions to a host of different fields such as mathematics, loi, physics, théologie, and most subfields of philosophy. Within the philosophy of mind, his chief innovations include his rejection of the Cartesian doctrines that all mental states are conscious and that non-human animals lack souls as well as sensation.

Editors General Editors James Fieser, University of Tennessee at Martin, tu. S. UN. Bradley Dowden, Université d'État de Californie, Sacramento, tu. S. UN. Area Editors The following is list of the IEP area editors. See the desired articles by area page for listings of the most wanted articles for each area. Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art Michael R. Spicher, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, ETATS-UNIS.