Des externalismes. Davidson face à Putnam et à Burge.MounirTibaoui -2022 -Cahiers Philosophiques 165 (2):25-43.detailsDans cet article, je tente de montrer que l’externalisme de Davidson constitue une inflexion décisive des débats analytiques concernant l’individuation des contenus mentaux et se démarque dès lors des externalismes type terre jumelle de Putnam et de Burge. Une telle inflexion est exprimée, à mon sens, par une ontologie des événements. L’intérêt et la portée de celle-ci peuvent être saisis à plus d’un titre. D’une part, elle permet de rendre la version davidsonienne de l’externalisme invulnérable aux objections souvent adressées à (...) Putnam et à Burge. Elle permet, d’autre part, de congédier aussi bien la thèse des incompatibilistes qui font valoir que l’externalisme est incompatible avec une connaissance privilégiée de soi que celle des sceptiques révoquant en doute la possibilité d’une connaissance de soi, du monde extérieur, et des autres esprits. (shrink)
Care, amour et normativité pratique chez Harry Frankfurt.MounirTibaoui -2016 -Cahiers Philosophiques 147 (4):68-88.detailsLe trait marquant de la position dite internaliste au sein du débat concernant la normativité pratique est le lien que ses adeptes établissent entre normativité et motivation. Dans cet article, je mets en avant l’originalité du geste philosophique de Harry Frankfurt. L’amour, érigé en source de la normativité, permet de distinguer la position du philosophe de celle de Bernard Williams, qui renvoie la motivation aux incitations du désir, et de celle de Christine Korsgaard, qui associe normativité et moralité. Je montrerai (...) également que le concept d’amour contribue à répondre à l’objection récurrente soulevée contre la conception frankfurtienne de l’autonomie personnelle selon laquelle celle-ci serait anhistorique. (shrink)
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The culture of the national liberation movement and the change towards democracy: The case of North Africa.Mounir Kchaou -2020 -Philosophy and Social Criticism 46 (5):512-522.detailsThis article aims to analyse the cultural background of the political elites involved nowadays in the democratization’s process in North Africa. It argues that this process cannot succeed unless a...
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Daheshism and the journey of life.Mounir Murad -1993 - Alexandria, Va.: Murad.detailsIn the year 1842, Thomas Cole (1801-1848) painted a set of four oil paintings entitled THE VOYAGE OF LIFE. As the title indicates, the artist likened life to a voyage. This voyage begins with man emerging as a child from a dark cave into the river of life in a spring setting. As this voyage through the river of life continues, man is seen passing through the stages of youth, manhood, & then finally old age. Likewise, the setting of nature (...) is seen correspondingly passing through the stages of summer, autumn, & then finally winter. Any voyage must have a starting point, destination & duration. Also any voyage is a continuation of some sort of existence, & there is a continuity of existence after the voyage is complete. What is this voyage? Why does it have to exist? What existed before this voyage? What will happen after the destination is reached? Why is it short for some, long for others? Why is it easier for some, harder for others? Daheshism deals with these issues & many others. Daheshism is a revolution in the human approach to philosophy, life & religion. It is a new garment for the body of traditional thought & belief. The aim of Daheshism is to provide a universal belief that encompasses all other beliefs. It accomplishes synthesis rather than fragmentation of religious beliefs & expansion rather than contraction of philosophical thought. To order: P.O. Box 16680-8680, Alexandria, VA 22302. Telephone: 703-845-8223, FAX 703-845-8224 or Baker & Taylor Books. (shrink)
Aesthetics and anthropology: cogitations.Tarek Elhaik -2022 - New York, NY: Routledge.detailsThis book focuses on the reconfiguration of aesthetic anthropology into an anthropological problem of cogitation, opening up a fascinating new dialogue between the domains of anthropology, philosophy, and art. Tarek Elhaik embarks on an inquiry composed of a series of cogitations based on fieldwork in an ecology of artistic and scientific practices: from conceptual art exhibitions to architectural environments; from photographic montages to the videotaping of spirit seances; from artistic interventions in natural history museums to ongoing dialogues between performance artists (...) and marine scientists. The chapters examine the image-work, ethical demands, and aesthetic struggles of interlocuters including artists Mathias Goeritz,Mounir Fatmi, Silvia Gruner, Joan Jonas, and Patricia Lagarde. (shrink)