Henry David Thoreau Philosophy Summary
If you want to know more about Thoreau’s thinking, maybe it’s simply a matter of treading his footsteps, in the nature closest to his…
American
Find out a list of American philosophers and papers and research on their philosophical ideas (Rawls, Nozick, Peirce, Putnam…)
Hilary Putnam Philosophy Summary
Hilary Putnam is one of the most important contemporary philosopher, who works in the analytic philosophy branch. Metaphysics and ontology During his career, Putnam…
Stream of Consciousness in James
The stream of consciousness is a phrase coined by the psychologist William James as a characterization of the mind, that is, that it is…
Equality of What by Amartya Sen (Summary)
Sen vs Rawls The work of the economist Amartya Sen, sanctioned in 1998 by Nobel laureate, held in the global intellectual landscape, a place…
Ryle: The concept of mind (Summary)
Summary of the work: The Concept of Mind by Ryle The concept of Mind, by Gilbert Ryle, is one of the most important philosophy…
Nozick & Distributive Justice (Summary)
Nozick: Anarchy, State and Utopia as a critique of the Rawls distributive justice theory: Here is a paper on the major work of political philosophy…
Spheres of Justice by Michael Walzer (Summary)
Walzer, Republic and Minorities With each election comes the issue of the integration of minorities. Conservative parties favor the unity of the nation, while…
Skinner’s Behaviorism Theory
Skinner is the most important American psychologist of the twentieth century – and perhaps even the greatest psychologists in the world, except Freud of sure….
Wittgenstein’s philosophy: Language and Mind-Body Problem
Ludwig Wittgenstein is an austrian philosopher, who studied engineering before going to Cambridge to work under Bertrand Russell‘s tuition. Out of a mass of…
Wittgenstein and Language
Wittgenstein puts the language at the top of his philosophy. According to him, each language has its limits. Wittgenstein’s FIRST PHILOSOPHY (1911-1918) The Wittgenstein’s Tractatus…
The road to serfdom by Hayek (Summary)
Friedrich Hayek is almost always seen as a economist, and too much rarely as a political thinker. Too bad, because the Road to Serfdom…
John Rawls – Theory of Justice (Summary)
Cons the classical utilitarianism of Bentham, Rawls offers a new solution to combine social justice and liberalism in the Theory of Justice. Theorist of the…
William James Psychology
William James Theories William James (1842 – 1910) is an American philosopher. Master of the psychological analysis, keen observer who has opened a new…
Polls and Public Opinion: Democracy in Dewey
‘Democracy of opinion’: what role for public opinion? It is often said that public opinion does not exist (in Bourdieu‘s sociology for example). This…
Amartya Sen and Capabilities
The writings of Amartya Sen, Indian economist and philosopher, Nobel laureate in economics in 1998, are now recognized for their major contribution to the…
Rawls: Justice as Fairness
In the theory of justice by Rawls, this philosopher defends a whole new society concept, based on: – A basic structure (intrinsic value) and…
Ayn Rand and Objectivism
Ayn Rand is both an american philosopher and a writer. Rand has been a very influential philosopher in the United States, but almost unknown…
Peirce’s Philosophy
Charles S. Peirce is regarded as the greatest American philosopher of all time. It was not the case in his lifetime, since Peirce led…
Dewey and Education
Democracy and education by John Dewey is the greatest work of the Philosophy of Education. Indeed, Dewey is the initiator of the “hands-on learning”, opposed…