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Of Immediate Apperception
No full textWritten when Maine de Biran was coming into his philosophical maturity, in 1807, 'Of Immediate Apperception' was the first complete statement of his own philosophy of the will. It was the winning entry to a competition organised by the Berlin Académie des Sciences et Belles-Lettres on the subject of self-awareness and of the possibility of an 'immediate apperception' of the self. It contains the core of Biran's philosophy of effort, as it is developed in dialogue with the tradition of British empiricism in particular. Notably, it is in this work that Biran first reflects on the 'lived body' and it marks the moment in which he fully accomplishes his break away from Condillac and the Ideological school. With enlightening critical apparatus, including an editor's introduction, glossary, and bibliography, the publication of this edition shows how Biran's work is pivotal for the development of French philosophy, and makes clear his influence on the later writings of Ravaisson and Bergson
Abitudine e letteratura
No full textStarting from antiquity, the concept of habit has traversed the entire history of Western philosophy and has represented one of the great themes of modern and contemporary literature. The reflection on habit has raised questions concerning the relationship between body and mind, the problem of time and the (re)construction of identity, the conscious and the unconscious, and the role of memory.
This dossier addresses these questions from an aesthetic perspective, at the crossroads between the history of philosophy and the history of literature
Métaphore et connaissance entre Proust et Ricœur
No full textL'essai « Métaphore et connaissance entre Proust et Ricœur » constitue le chapitre d'un ouvrage intitulé « Proust dans la pensée contemporaine », publié sous la direction d'Annamaria Contini, Marco Piazza et Sofia Sandreschi de Robertis. L'objectif de ce volume, auquel ont contribué quelques-uns des plus éminents spécialistes de Proust, est d’identifier les sollicitations que l’œuvre de Proust peut encore offrir au débat contemporain (par exemple à la recherche philosophique, à la psychologie, aux neurosciences, à la sociologie).
La contribution d'Annamaria Contini se concentre sur le thème de la métaphore et de la connaissance. L’essai, soulignant l’extrême modernité de la théorie de la métaphore de Proust, la compare à celle contenue dans « La métaphore vive » de Ricœur. Des éléments de convergence significatifs ressortent de cette analyse, tels que l’insistance sur la nature hybride, verbale et visuelle, de la métaphore qui représente à la fois un nouveau langage et une nouvelle vision du monde ; l’idée que la métaphore illustre une connaissance de la réalité dans laquelle les dimensions subjectives et objectives, la valeur heuristique et créative sont étroitement imbriquées; ou encore le lien de la métaphore avec la double question de la vérité et de la temporalité
Wallace Stegner standing in front of Horses of St. Mark\u27s Basilica in Piazza San Marco; Piazza San Marco from the balcony of St. Mark\u27s Basilica porch
No full textBlack and white photo of Wallace Stegner standing in front of horses of St. Mark\u27s Basilica in Piazza San Marco; Piazza San Marco from the balcony of St. Mark\u27s Basilica porc
TECHNOLOGY IN THE TIME OF PANDEMICS Digitalization in crisis contexts
No full textAs human beings we need the group; without a flock we die. If deprived
of contact, we physically and mentally perish. Yet, in the case of this
serious epidemic, common living has created a conflict with the need to
stem the spread of the virus. In accepting exceptional measures, we have
also taken on an aesthetic of distancing and urbanization typical of eastern
countries: face masks, bicycles, scooters, and relationships without direct
contact have undoubtedly changed the way we look at the world, leading
to an inevitable surge in the use of digital technologies.
Between Skype, Zoom, WhatsApp, Virtual Private Networks (VPN),
smart-working, distance learning, e-commerce, and social networks, the
months we spent in front of a screen made us quickly realize the potential,
but also the limits, of this type of communication. The “digital life” seemed
just as consistent and real as traditional life, almost as if there was some
continuity between our online and offline identities. It is as if there had
been a kind of “invasion of the real” in digital technology, becoming the
only possible space for human, educational, commercial, and sharing
relationships, making the futuristic dream of a digital life come true quickly
and unexpectedly
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