Edward Jonathan Lowe (1950-2014) Edward Jonathan Lowe (solitamente citato come E. J. Lowe) è stato uno dei filosofi più significativi del XX e dell'inizio del XXI secolo. Ha dato contributi sostenuti e significativi ai dibattiti sulla metafisica, ontologia, filosofia della mente, filosofia del linguaggio, logica filosofica, e filosofia della religione, oltre a contribuire con un importante lavoro accademico nella prima filosofia moderna (in particolare su Locke).

The Experience Machine The experience machine is a thought experiment first devised by Robert Nozick in the 1970s. In the last decades of the 20th century, an argument based on this thought experiment has been considered a knock-down objection to hedonism about well-being, the thesis that our well-being—that is, the goodness or badness of our lives for us—is entirely determined by our pains and pleasures.

Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) Although not the first to coin the term, it is uncontroversial to suggest that the German philosopher, Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), is the “father” of the philosophical movement known as phenomenology. Phenomenology can be roughly described as the sustained attempt to describe experiences (and the “things themselves”) without metaphysical and theoretical speculations. Husserl suggested that only by suspending or bracketing away the “natural

Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon (1635—1719) The second wife of King Louis XIV of France, Madame de Maintenon has long fascinated historians and novelists by her improbable life. Born into an impoverished, criminal family, Maintenon conquered salon society as the wife of the poet Paul Scarron. During her salon years, she studied the philosophical currents of the period, notably libertinism and Cartesianism. Maintenon then conquered court society

Philosophy of Religion Philosophy of religion is the philosophical study of the meaning and nature of religion. It includes the analyses of religious concepts, credenze, termini, arguments, and practices of religious adherents. The scope of much of the work done in philosophy of religion has been limited to the various theistic religions. More recent work often involves a broader, more global approach, taking into consideration