Philosophie de l'esprit

Psychological egoism maintains that all human motivation is ultimately selfish. Though people often desire to help others, egoists maintain that these desires are always instrumental, caused or

A venerable view, still very much alive in contemporary debates, urges that our spontaneous moral judgments reflect a deep wisdom, except when the processes underlying those judgments are interfered

Language, complex tool-use, extensive co-operation between non-relatives; religion and ritual are all distinctive features of the human mind. They seem to be found in no other living primate, and they

Social learning is not unique to our species; we do not differ from other primates through being able to learn from our fellows. But social learning takes a unique form in our species: we can

This session is about the distinctive feedback loops that drove our evolutionary trajectory, and in particular, about the role of co-operation in human evolution. An important theme is that the

Queen Christina of Sweden, the European

Concert Ensemble instrumental La Badinerie-La Tempesta Sous la direction de Mats Liljefors (Royal Festivals Stockholm). Avec Patrick Bismuth, violon solo, Saskia Lethiec, violon, Julie Friez,

Betty ROJTMAN est titulaire de la chaire Katherine Cornell de littérature comparée à l’Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem. Elle a fondé, en 1992, et dirigé plusieurs années le centre de recherche

Betty ROJTMAN est titulaire de la chaire Katherine Cornell de littérature comparée à l’Université Hébraïque de Jérusalem. Elle a fondé, en 1992, et dirigé plusieurs années le centre de recherche

Debates about the definition of ‘moral judgment’ and ‘moral rule’ have a venerable history in philosophy. In addition to debating the merits of various proposed definitions, philosophers have also

Moral disagreement is widespread. But would that disagreement persist even under hypothetical idealized conditions in which all parties to a moral debate are rational, impartial and fully informed