Existence Of Theoretical Entities Research Articles

Croire par corps

This paper will explore the way body experience can be said to be at the basis of the participants’ adhesion to systems of beliefs. The role of feelings associated to action is more particularly delved into, as well as the way in which feelings are articulated to the belief in the existence of theoretical entities. In the case under study, it is precisely about the correspondence established by the participants between body feelings tested during the practice of a martial art (Kiryuho) and a form of energy (the Ki) whose existence is postulated by the Master who prescribes the exercises. The results show that the participants’ reports on the experiment plead for a mode of validation of belief which is both social (the experiment is prescribed by a Master) and located in the depth of motricity. The cognitive role of motricity is thus underlined, namely through the fully acknowledged intentional character of the kinestheses.

Conceptual Frameworks and "Necessary Existence"

G OD has often been alleged to differ from his creatures, not only in nature or essence, but in the mode of his existence. He is said to exist necessarily, whereas we exist contingently, In so far as this terminology merely denotes a dependence of the world on God, there seem to be no peculiar problems with it. But the notion of has often been thought to carry more weight than that-to express some fundamental difference between ourselves and the Divine. This article is an attempt to analyze this added freight, to see if the difference between God and the world can or should be put in terms of the contrast between necessary and contingent existence. I will begin by examining briefly the problem in its classical form, seeking to clarify the issues involved, and then explore the possibilities of an analogy between the existence of theoretical entities in science and that of God. I