Madhyamaka Buddhist Philosophy Madhyamaka and Yogācāra are the two main philosophical trajectories associated with the Mahāyāna stream of Buddhist thought. According to Tibetan doxographical literature, Madhyamaka represents the philosophically definitive expression of Buddhist doctrine. Stemming from the second-century writings of Nāgārjuna, Madhyamaka developed in the form of commentaries on his works. This style of development is characteristic of the basically scholastic character of the Indian

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Hedonism The term “hedonism,” from the Greek word ἡδονή (hēdonē) for pleasure, refers to several related theories about what is good for us, how we should behave, and what motivates us to behave in the way that we do. All hedonistic theories identify pleasure and pain as the only important elements of whatever phenomena they are designed to describe. If hedonistic theories identified pleasure and

Kant: Philosophy of Mind Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was one of the most important philosophers of the Enlightenment Period (c. 1650-1800) in Western European history. This encyclopedia article focuses on Kant’s views in the philosophy of mind, which undergird much of his epistemology and metaphysics. En particulier, it focuses on metaphysical and epistemological doctrines forming the core of Kant’s mature philosophy, as presented in the Critique

Philosophie des processus La philosophie des processus est une tradition philosophique de longue date qui met l'accent sur le devenir et le changement plutôt que sur l'être statique.. Bien que présent dans de nombreuses périodes historiques et culturelles, le terme « philosophie des processus » est principalement associé aux travaux des philosophes Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) et Charles Hartshorne (1897-2000). La philosophie des processus se caractérise par une tentative de concilier les diverses intuitions trouvées dans l'expérience humaine. (comme les religieux,