Je vous souhaite la bienvenue sur Inquiries concerning Logic, Philosophy and other Matters. Vous trouverez ici des remarques sur différents aspects de ce weblog.
Les Langues
Vous avez sans aucun doute remarqué que la presque totalité des billets est écrite en français et en anglais.
Vous vous êtes sans doute demandé(e)s pour quelle(s) raison(s) j'utilise deux langues. La réponse est très simple. Les Anglophones ne connaissent pas toujours très bien les activités philosophiques des Francophones et réciproquement les Francophones ne sont pas bien informés des activités des Anglophones. Je me propose de faire une introduction susceptible d'intéresser les deux parties: rendre accessible les activités françaises aux Anglophones et les activités des Anglophones aux Francophones.
Les thèmes et les labels ("tags")
* Thèmes:
Inquiries reflète en partie les thèmes qui m'intéressent, vous y trouverez donc de nombreux billets qui concernent la logique, les mathématiques et l'épistémologie. Mais, comme l'indique la mention "other matters", vous pourrez lire des billets sur de nombreux autres sujets (philosophiques ou non): religion, politique, morale, économie, finance... À ceux qui préfèrent les arts, je suggère d'aller sur Inquiries concerning Arts.
* Labels ("tags"):
Il y a actuellement 7 labels.
In the mood for..., Logic, Other Subjects, Philosophy sont les piliers du weblog.
Games: j'aime les jeux logico-mathématiques et j'ai pensé que cela pourrait vous plaire aussi!
Videos: vous trouverez beaucoup de vidéos ici, c'est pourquoi il me semblait utile de créer une section réservée à cet emploi.
En outre, je fais des "dossiers":"French Thought" en est un. Dans un dossier, je me livre à une analyse approfondie d'un thème, étendue sur une longue série de billets. Par exemple, "French Thought", sera constitué d'un ensemble de fiches de lecture ou de compte-rendus de livres et d'articles qui concernent (pro et contra) le Postmodernisme ("French Thought", chez les Anglophones). Je discuterai ces livres: Impostures intellectuelles, Beyond the Hoax (Sokal), Prodiges et vertiges de l'analogie, Rationalité et cynisme (Bouveresse), Écriture et différence (Derrida), Être et événement I and II (Badiou), Whose Science? Whose knowledge? (Sandra Harding)... et bien d'autres encore. Un dossier n'est publié qu'au moment où il est terminé. J'espère que ces dossiers vous intéresseront.
Les commentaires
* Discussion:
Vous êtes le bienvenu sur mon weblog et c'est avec grand plaisir que je lirai vos commentaires.
* Courtoisie:
La politesse, le respect de l'interlocuteur, l'intégrité et la responsabilité morale et intellectuelle sont les fondements de ce weblog. Des désaccords peuvent apparaître mais ne sauraient en aucun cas justifier les manquements à ces principes.
* Moderation:
Blogger me donne le pouvoir de modérer et d'effacer les commentaires comme je le souhaite. Sachez que je n'hésiterais pas utiliser ce pouvoir si certains commentaires sont délibéremment insultants, irrespectueux et cherchent intentionnellement à dégrader la bonne entente et les bonnes relations entre les participants.
Je n'ai jamais utilisé ce pouvoir jusqu'à présent et j'espère ne jamais avoir à le faire. Mais ceux qui en subiraient les conséquences auront été prévenus.
Et vous?
Tous les lecteurs et commentateurs sont invités à se présenter ici. Ce weblog n'est pas qu'un lieu d'échanges intellectuels, c'est aussi un espace social. Toute personne qui le souhaite peut laisser un lien vers sa page personnelle ou son blog. Si je ne connais pas déjà votre site, je le découvrirais avec plaisir (ou le cas échéant, je le redécouvrirais avec plaisir renouvelé!).
Moi?
Ce weblog est principalement consacré aux raisonnements et aux concepts, et prend peu en compte les considérations personnelles. Voici quelques indications sur ma personne.
J'ai étudié les Lettres Modernes (sous la direction de Bertrand Marchal) et la Philosophie, à Lyon, à Paris-IV-Sorbonne et à Warwick University (UK).
Je suis marié et suis le père de deux adorables filles: Esther (2006) and Alma (2008).
Miscellanea
Si ce weblog a retenu votre attention, vous pourrez aussi trouver un intérêt aux autres pages que j'ai créées:
Inquiries concerning Arts
Inquiries and Pedagogy
Photographic Inquiries
Mikolka's Google Reader shared Pages
Mikolka's Del.icio.us Page
Je signale aussi que Julien Dutant m'a très gentiment proposé de devenir rédacteur dans son excellent weblog: Philotropes (fr).
Veuillez noter que de nombreuses pages sont protégées par un contrat Creative Commons et sont par conséquent soumises à des conditions d'usage.
Je vous souhaite un excellent moment sur Inquiries et espère vous revoir régulièrement.
Amicalement
Friday, 11 April 2008
Thursday, 10 April 2008
Introduction to Inquiries
Welcome to Inquiries concerning Logic, Philosophy and other Matters. It may be your first visit here and you may need some notes about what you will find here. Please, let me be your guide (though I am not Virgil and this is not the Inferno...).
Linguistic policy
As you may have noticed, almost every post is bilingual: French and (British) English. French is my mother tongue, so you may find some faults, some clumsy expressions... when I am writing in English. Please do not hesitate to tell me when I am wrong (without being rude, if possible).
Why am I using two tongues? The answer is simple: English speakers do not know very well French Philosophy and Science and French speakers too often ignore the works of English speakers. My goal is to give an introduction to French-speaking activities to English speakers and an introduction to English-speaking activities to French speakers.
You may use the one you are more familiar with.
Topics and tags
* Topics
You will find here a lot of posts about Logic, Mathematics and, Philosophy. As I am interested in a lot of things, you may find also some posts about other matters (religion, ethic, finance, politics...). For those interested in Arts, I suggest you have a look at Inquiries concerning Arts.
* Tags
At the present time, there are 7 tags.
In the mood for..., Logic, Other Subjects, Philosophy are the basis of the weblog.
Games: well, I do like logical and mathematical games. You might like it too!
Videos: I post a lot of (very good...) videos in this weblog.
Besides the regular posts I do extra features. "French Thought" is one of them (actually the first). To put it in a nutshell, I analyze with more details an issue. "French Thought", for example, will be constituted by a discussion of the following books: Impostures intellectuelles, Beyond the Hoax (Sokal), Prodiges et vertiges de l'analogie, Rationalité et cynisme (Bouveresse), Écriture et différence (Derrida), Être et événement I and II (Badiou), Whose Science? Whose knowledge? (Sandra Harding)... and many others. When all is prepared I publish the result of my works with the hope that you might appreciate it and will discuss the issue at stake. Others extra features are planned, but I will warn you in time.
Comments Policy
* Discussion:
You are most welcome to leave a comment or express your disagreement or your agreement with an explanation (why are you holding this statement true or convincing?).
* Civility of gentle women and gentle men:
Civil tone, respect of the other, intellectual commitment, are the basis of this weblog. Disagreements can happen but cannot justify any incivility.
* Moderation policy:
Because of the functionalities of Blogger, I have the power to moderate and delete the comment I want. I will not hesitate to exercise this power if some comments are willingly disrespectful, insulting, or are obviously damaging the civil atmophere.
I have never used this power and I hope I will not. But those who intend to go against those rules are warned.
And you?
Every reader or commenter is invited to introduce himself in this page. It will be nice and thoughtful to give a link to your personal page or your weblog, if you have one.
Me?
This weblog is more about ideas, concepts, actions than people. But if you want a rough idea of what I am doing and who I am, I can give you some hints.
I studied Philosophy and French contemporary Literature in Lyon, Paris-Sorbonne and Warwick University (UK).
My main academic interests are: Mathematical Logic, Philosophy of Logic, Cognitive-Sciences, Epistemology...
I am a married man and the father of two beautiful daughters: Esther (2006) and Alma (2008).
This weblog is linked to other pages I created:
Inquiries concerning Arts
Inquiries and Pedagogy
Photographic Inquiries
Mikolka's Google Reader shared Pages
Mikolka's Del.icio.us Page
And Julien Dutant kindly invite me to write in his excellent French speaking weblog: Philotropes.
I wish you a good time in my webpages.
Please be aware that many pages will be protected by a Creative Commons contract.
Linguistic policy
As you may have noticed, almost every post is bilingual: French and (British) English. French is my mother tongue, so you may find some faults, some clumsy expressions... when I am writing in English. Please do not hesitate to tell me when I am wrong (without being rude, if possible).
Why am I using two tongues? The answer is simple: English speakers do not know very well French Philosophy and Science and French speakers too often ignore the works of English speakers. My goal is to give an introduction to French-speaking activities to English speakers and an introduction to English-speaking activities to French speakers.
You may use the one you are more familiar with.
Topics and tags
* Topics
You will find here a lot of posts about Logic, Mathematics and, Philosophy. As I am interested in a lot of things, you may find also some posts about other matters (religion, ethic, finance, politics...). For those interested in Arts, I suggest you have a look at Inquiries concerning Arts.
* Tags
At the present time, there are 7 tags.
In the mood for..., Logic, Other Subjects, Philosophy are the basis of the weblog.
Games: well, I do like logical and mathematical games. You might like it too!
Videos: I post a lot of (very good...) videos in this weblog.
Besides the regular posts I do extra features. "French Thought" is one of them (actually the first). To put it in a nutshell, I analyze with more details an issue. "French Thought", for example, will be constituted by a discussion of the following books: Impostures intellectuelles, Beyond the Hoax (Sokal), Prodiges et vertiges de l'analogie, Rationalité et cynisme (Bouveresse), Écriture et différence (Derrida), Être et événement I and II (Badiou), Whose Science? Whose knowledge? (Sandra Harding)... and many others. When all is prepared I publish the result of my works with the hope that you might appreciate it and will discuss the issue at stake. Others extra features are planned, but I will warn you in time.
Comments Policy
* Discussion:
You are most welcome to leave a comment or express your disagreement or your agreement with an explanation (why are you holding this statement true or convincing?).
* Civility of gentle women and gentle men:
Civil tone, respect of the other, intellectual commitment, are the basis of this weblog. Disagreements can happen but cannot justify any incivility.
* Moderation policy:
Because of the functionalities of Blogger, I have the power to moderate and delete the comment I want. I will not hesitate to exercise this power if some comments are willingly disrespectful, insulting, or are obviously damaging the civil atmophere.
I have never used this power and I hope I will not. But those who intend to go against those rules are warned.
And you?
Every reader or commenter is invited to introduce himself in this page. It will be nice and thoughtful to give a link to your personal page or your weblog, if you have one.
Me?
This weblog is more about ideas, concepts, actions than people. But if you want a rough idea of what I am doing and who I am, I can give you some hints.
I studied Philosophy and French contemporary Literature in Lyon, Paris-Sorbonne and Warwick University (UK).
My main academic interests are: Mathematical Logic, Philosophy of Logic, Cognitive-Sciences, Epistemology...
I am a married man and the father of two beautiful daughters: Esther (2006) and Alma (2008).
This weblog is linked to other pages I created:
Inquiries concerning Arts
Inquiries and Pedagogy
Photographic Inquiries
Mikolka's Google Reader shared Pages
Mikolka's Del.icio.us Page
And Julien Dutant kindly invite me to write in his excellent French speaking weblog: Philotropes.
I wish you a good time in my webpages.
Please be aware that many pages will be protected by a Creative Commons contract.
Friday, 4 April 2008
Argument Clinic
Un autre sketch des Monty Python à propos de la philosophie.
Another mockery of Philosophy, by the Monty Python.
Monty Python
Another mockery of Philosophy, by the Monty Python.
Monty Python
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