Eric CharmetantCorresponding author

Le contemporain naturalisme et l’ontologie humaine
vers un essentialisme différent

Article
16/1 - Spring 2011, pages 59-72
Date of online publication: 13 août 2015
Date of publication: 10 décembre 2020

Abstract

Contemporary naturalism, especially through ethology, neuroscience and cognitive science, challenges the traditional ontological points of reference for determining the specificity of human beings. After illustrating the full measure of this upheaval, I will show the inadequacy of a return to traditional essentialism and will then defend the relevance of a different type of essentialism: an approach to human specificity in terms of a homeostatic property cluster.

Cite this article

Charmetant, Eric. “Le contemporain naturalisme et l’ontologie humaine : vers un essentialisme différent.” Forum Philosophicum 16, no. 1 (2011): 59–72. doi:10.35765/forphil.2011.1601.05.