Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900—2002) Hans-Georg Gadamer was a leading Continental philosopher of the twentieth century. His importance lies in his development of hermeneutic philosophy. Hermeneutics, “the art of interpretation,” originated in biblical and legal fields and was later extended to all texts. Martin Heidegger, Gadamer’s teacher, completed the universalizing of the scope of hermeneutics by extending it beyond texts to all forms of human understanding. Donc

Chinese Room Argument The Chinese room argument is a thought experiment of John Searle. It is one of the best known and widely credited counters to claims of artificial intelligence (AI), c'est, to claims that computers do or at least can (or someday might) pense. According to Searle’s original presentation, the argument is based on two key claims: brains cause minds and syntax doesn’t suffice

Legal Pragmatism Legal pragmatism is a theory critical of more traditional pictures of law and, plus précisement, judicial decision-making. The classical view of law offers a case-based theory of law that emphasizes the universal and foundational quality of specifically legal facts, the meticulous analysis of precedent and argument from analogy. Legal pragmatism, d'autre part, emphasizes the need to include a more diverse set

Edouard Hanslick (1825-1904) Eduard Hanslick était un théoricien de l'esthétique autrichien né à Prague., critique musical, et premier professeur d'esthétique et d'histoire de la musique à l'Université de Vienne, qui est communément considéré comme le fondateur du formalisme musical en esthétique. Son traité fondateur Sur la beauté musicale (Sur la beauté musicale) de 1854 est l'une des contributions les plus significatives à l'esthétique musicale jamais écrites., comme c'est évident

Positivisme juridique Le positivisme juridique est une philosophie du droit qui met l'accent sur la nature conventionnelle du droit, à savoir qu'il est socialement construit.. Selon le positivisme juridique, le droit est synonyme de normes positives, c'est, normes édictées par le législateur ou considérées comme relevant de la common law ou de la jurisprudence. Critères formels d’origine du droit, l’application de la loi et l’efficacité juridique sont toutes suffisantes pour que les normes sociales soient considérées comme des lois..

Antoine Arnauld (1612—1694) Antoine Arnauld was considered by his peers as one of the preeminent 17th century European intellectuals. Arnauld had been remembered primarily as a correspondent of René Descartes, Gottfried Leibniz and Nicolas Malebranche, and as a dogmatic and uncritical Cartesian who made few if any philosophical contributions. En fait, as much newer research suggests, Arnauld was not a dogmatic and uncritical Cartesian, et