La théorie classique des concepts La théorie classique des concepts est l'une des cinq principales théories des concepts., les quatre autres étant des théories prototypes ou exemplaires, théories atomistiques, théorie-théories, et théories néoclassiques. La théorie classique implique que chaque concept complexe a une analyse classique, où une analyse classique d'un concept est une proposition donnant des conditions métaphysiquement nécessaires et conjointement suffisantes pour être en

Jean Luc Nancy (1940—) Le philosophe français Jean-Luc Nancy a écrit plus d'une vingtaine de livres et des centaines de textes ou contributions à des volumes, catalogues et revues. Sa portée philosophique est très large: de On Kawara à Heidegger, du sens du monde et de la déconstruction du christianisme aux romantiques d'Iéna des frères Schlegel. Nancy est influencée par des philosophes comme Jacques Derrida, Georges Bataille

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) Michel de Montaigne, the sixteenth century French essayist, is one of the most renowned literary and philosophical figures of the late Renaissance. The one book he wrote, Les Essais de Michel de Montaigne, is not a traditional work of philosophy. Having begun work on it around 1572, he published the first edition in 1580. He then went on to publish four

Vasubandhu (fl. 4th or 5th cn. C.E.) Vasubandhu was a prominent Buddhist teacher and one of the most important figures in the development of Mahyna Buddhism in India. Though he is particularly admired by later Buddhists as co-founder of the Yogcra school along with his half brother Asanga, his pre-Yogcra works, such as the Abhidharmakosha and his auto-commentary (Abhidharmakoshabhshya) on it, are considered masterpieces. Il

Demonstratives and Indexicals In the philosophy of language, an indexical is any expression whose content varies from one context of use to another. The standard list of indexicals includes pronouns such as “I”, “you”, “he”, “she”, “it”, “this”, “that”, plus adverbs such as “now”, “then”, “today”, “yesterday”, “here”, and “actually”. Other candidates include the tenses of verbs, adjectives such as “local”, and a range of

Praise and Blame Joel Feinberg observed that “moral responsibility… is a subject about which we are all confused” (1970: 37). Perhaps nowhere is this confusion more evident than in our understandings of praise and blame. This entry will contrast three influential philosophical accounts of our everyday practices of praise and blame, in terms of how they might be justified. D'un côté, a broadly