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Keywords: FERTILITÉ, HERMÉNEUTIQUE, INTERPRÉTATION, MYTHOLOGIE, PSYCHOLOGIE
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Religion and science are often at the centre of contemporary ethical debates. The differentiation between scientific and mythical discourses has been the object of studies by the philosophers Karl Popper and Ernst Cassirer. Popper established a criterion of demarcation between science and metaphysics, falsifiability, which means that one considers a discourse as scientific and really valid only when it can be invalidated experimentally and has not been. Cassirer studied the fundamental opposition between the scientific and mythical modes of thought by emphasising the differences concerning causality, quantity, time and space. Given the theoretical difficulties in establishing the limits of validity of a scientific or religious discourse, how can a society resolve its ethical dilemma's if these two types of vision of the world offer conflicting visions? Three solutions to this problem of compatibility are examined: arbitration, the separation of authority, and the sharing of intimate ethical convictions. The latter solution, philosophically more satisfying, requires education that is diversified rather than highly specialised (transl. J. Dudley).
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AbstractThe explosion in low-density housing after the Second World War revolutionized the urban landscape of North America. The trend spread so rapidly and was adopted with such enthusiasm that it clearly touched a fundamental nerve in the nature of contemporary culture. While low-density housing is now coming under fire from numerous quarters, detached dwellings are still a prevalent choice, raising once again the question of why. In this context it seems important to examine the personal commitment required in taking out a mortgage, a necessary prerequisite for most North Americans wishing to acquire a detached house. It is significant that the development of the twentieth-century institution (ou this study demonstrates) that the personal commitment required in borrowing money is not merely a technical necessity linked to how an economic mechanism functions, but rather the manifestation of a passion that still strongly shapes the way Canadians and Americans inhabit and organize space.
Keywords: Banlieue, maison individuelle, périurbanisation, habitat pavillonnaire, État, capitalisme, crédit, hypothèque, politique d'habitation, Suburbs, detached house, urban fringe, low-density housing, The State, capitalism, credit, mortgage, politics of habitat
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