Philosophy of Peace Peace is notoriously difficult to define, and this poses a special challenge for articulating any comprehensive philosophy of peace. Any discussion on what might constitute a comprehensive philosophy of peace invariably overlaps with wider questions of the meaning and purpose of human existence. The definitional problem is, paradoxalement, a key to understanding what is involved in articulating a philosophy of peace. Dans

Events Events are particular happenings, occurrences or changes, such as Rob’s drinking the strong espresso at noon, the 1864 re-election of Abraham Lincoln in the US, et ainsi de suite. At least at first blush, events all seem to have something in common, metaphysically speaking, and some philosophers have inquired into what this common nature is. The main aim of a theory of events is to

Personalism Personalism is any philosophy that considers personality the supreme value and the key to the measuring of reality. Its American form took root in the late nineteenth century, flowered in the twentieth century, and continues its life in the twenty-first century. Encore, those roots can be traced to Europe and back through Western philosophy to the Mediterranean basin. Toutefois, Personalism did not originate exclusively in

Western Concepts of God Western concepts of God have ranged from the detached transcendent demiurge of Aristotle to the pantheism of Spinoza. Néanmoins, much of western thought about God has fallen within some broad form of theism. Theism is the view that there is a God which is the creator and sustainer of the universe and is unlimited with regard to knowledge (omniscience), pouvoir (omnipotence),

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,

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