Coherentism in Epistemology Coherentism is a theory of epistemic justification. It implies that for a belief to be justified it must belong to a coherent system of beliefs. For a system of beliefs to be coherent, the beliefs that make up that system must “cohere” with one another. Typiquement, this coherence is taken to involve three components: logical consistency, explanatory relations, and various inductive (non-explanatory)

Neocolonialism The term “neocolonialism” generally represents the actions and effects of certain remnant features and agents of the colonial era in a given society. Post-colonial studies have shown extensively that despite achieving independence, the influences of colonialism and its agents are still very much present in the lives of most former colonies. Practically, every aspect of the ex-colonized society still harbors colonial influences. These influences,

Consciousness Explaining the nature of consciousness is one of the most important and perplexing areas of philosophy, but the concept is notoriously ambiguous. The abstract noun “consciousness” is not frequently used by itself in the contemporary literature, but is originally derived from the Latin con (avec) and scire (to know). Perhaps the most commonly used contemporary notion of a conscious mental state is captured by

Imagerie et imagination L'imagerie et l'imagination jouent un rôle important dans notre vie mentale.. Cet article, qui comporte trois sections principales, discute de ces deux phénomènes, et le lien entre eux. La première partie traite des images mentales et, en particulier, le débat sur leur nature représentative, devenu connu sous le nom de débat sur l'imagerie. La deuxième partie se tourne vers la faculté de l'imagination,

Desiderius Erasmus (1468?—1536) Desiderius Erasmus was one of the leading activists and thinkers of the European Renaissance. His main activity was to write letters to the leading statesmen, humanists, printers, and theologians of the first three and a half decades of the sixteenth century. Erasmus was an indefatigable correspondent, controversialist, self-publicist, satirist, translator, commentator, éditeur, and provocateur of Renaissance culture. He was perhaps above all