philosophie universitaire

Introduction Depression seems, in appearance at least, to be caused only by the environment. Indeed, the most acknowledged causes of depression are a difficult childhood as a long run cause and traumatic events as starting causes. Thus, depression would...

Understanding Marshall McLuhan’s Understanding Media: McLuhan as a post modern sophist Introduction: In order to understand an author thought, we ought of course to read his texts, but also to consider his thought as contextualized. To understand in which...

To analyse photography, we ought to consider that a photograph is not a pure analogon of reality. Indeed, photography carries a message, an interpretation of reality through connotations. Every picture has some connoted elements that load the image with...

Pour comprendre ce texte, il faut lire le texte de Julian Dubbell, témoin d'un viol dans le cyber espace (espace virtuel - Internet). Vous pouvez trouver ce texte, ici: http://www.juliandibbell.com/texts/bungle.html How real is a rape in cyberspace? In...

What are media? From Plato and the analysis of the influence of writing to Marshall McLuhan with the systemization of an analysis of media, philosophers have always had a great interest in media (even if the use of the word media is itself very recent),...

Is a scientific approach appropriate for the study of consciousness? Introduction For the past ten years, the idea of a science of consciousness has arisen. David Chalmers, one of the most eminent philosopher of mind, considers that “the task of a science...

Knowledge is objective, and can be defined as “justified true belief based on sufficient evidence” Thinking through philosophy needs many qualities; one among them is to define the notions correctly and very precisely. As the aims of every philosopher,...

Compare utilitarianism with the moral theory of universal eudaemonism Introduction: happiness as the “supreme good” and Ethics From the early times of Greek Philosophy to our times, every philosopher has tried to seek the way for having a “good life”....

Epicurus’ tetrapharmakos: a philosophy of health Philosophy is reputed to be hardly applicable. Indeed, this particular use of rationality often leads to ideal conclusions, rationally understandable but which seem disconnected from reality and therefore...