Théorie de l'esprit La théorie de l'esprit est la branche des sciences cognitives qui étudie la manière dont nous attribuons des états mentaux à d'autres personnes et comment nous utilisons ces états pour expliquer et prédire les actions de ces autres personnes.. Plus précisément, c'est la branche qui étudie les capacités de lecture mentale, de mentalisation ou de mentalisme. Ces compétences sont partagées par presque tous les êtres humains au-delà de la petite enfance. Ils

René Descartes: Scientific Method René Descartes’ major work on scientific method was the Discourse that was published in 1637 (more fully: Discourse on the Method for Rightly Directing One’s Reason and Searching for Truth in the Sciences). He published other works that deal with problems of method, but this remains central in any understanding of the Cartesian method of science. The common picture of Descartes is as one

Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi, 1130—1200) A preeminent scholar, classicist and a first-rate analytic and synthetic thinker, Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi) created the supreme synthesis of Song-Ming dynasty (960-1628 CE) Neo-Confucianism. De plus, by selecting the essential classical Confucian texts–the Analects (Lunyu) of Confucius, the Book of Mencius (Mengzi, the Great Learning (Daxue) and the Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong)—then editing and compiling them, with commentary, as the Four Books

Filial Obligation The question of what one should do for one’s parents is often urgent; un parent a besoin de soins dans un avenir proche, et l'enfant adulte doit décider du type de soins à prodiguer, si et dans quelle mesure financer la prestation de soins, et dans quelle mesure l'enfant doit sacrifier son bonheur, bien-être, sécurité financière, chambre d'amis, et ainsi de suite

Emmanuel Kant: Logic For Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), formal logic is one of three paradigms for the methodology of science, along with mathematics and modern-age physics. Formal logic owes this role to its stability and relatively finished state, which Kant claims it has possessed since Aristotle. Kant’s key contribution lies in his focus on the formal and systematic character of logic as a “strongly proven” (apodictic) doctrine.

Design Arguments for the Existence of God Design arguments are empirical arguments for the existence of God. These arguments typically, mais pas toujours, proceed by attempting to identify various empirical features of the world that constitute evidence of intelligent design and inferring God’s existence as the best explanation for these features. Since the concepts of design and purpose are closely related, design arguments are also