5 résultats pour "language"
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Animal language and thought
Animal language and thought The question of animal language and thought has been debated since ancient times. Some have held that humans are exceptional in these respects, others that humans and animals are continuous with respect to language and thought. The issue is important because our self-image as a species is at stake. Arguments for human exceptionalism can be classified as Cartesian, Wittgensteinian and behaviourist. What these arguments have in common is the view that language and thoug...
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Brentano, Franz Clemens
Brentano, Franz Clemens (1838-1917) Brentano was a philosopher and psychologist who taught at the Universities of Würzburg and Vienna. He made significant contributions to almost every branch of philosophy, notably psychology and philosophy of mind, ontology, ethics and the philosophy of language. He also published several books on the history of philosophy, especially Aristotle, and contended that philosophy proceeds in cycles of advance and decline. He is best known for reintroducing the schol...
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Belief
Belief We believe that there is coffee over there; we believe the special theory of relativity; we believe the Vice-Chancellor; and some of us believe in God. But plausibly what is fundamental is believing that something is the case - believing a proposition, as it is usually put. To believe a theory is to believe the propositions that make up the theory, to believe a person is to believe some proposition advanced by them; and to believe in God is to believe the proposition that God exists. Thus...
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Aristotelianism, medieval
Aristotelianism, medieval Although there are many possible definitions, 'medieval Aristotelianism' is here taken to mean explicit receptions of Aristotle's texts or teachings by Latin-speaking writers from about AD 500 to about AD 1450. This roundabout, material definition avoids several common mistakes. First, it does not assert that there was a unified Aristotelian doctrine across the centuries. There was no such unity, and much of the engagement with Aristotle during the Middle Ages took the...
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A l'aide d'exemples tirés de votre expérience de lecteur, de spectateur, d'auditeur, commentez cette opinion d'Alexandre Soljenitsyne : « Les artistes peuvent surmonter la faiblesse caractéristique de l'homme qui n'apprend que de sa propre expérience tan
A l'aide d'exemples tirés de votre expérience de lecteur, de spectateur, d'auditeur, commentez cette opinion d'Alexandre Soljenitsyne : « Les artistes peuvent surmonter la faiblesse caractéristique de l'homme qui n'apprend que de sa propre expérience tandis que l'expérience des autres ne le touche pas. L'art transmet d'un homme à l'autre, pendant leur bref séjour sur la terre, tout le poids d'une très longue et inhabituelle expérience, avec ses fardeaux, ses couleurs, la sève de sa vie : il la r...