Chères et chers collègues, La prochaine séance du *séminaire général de l'IHPST* se tiendra le *lundi 28 juin, de 12h30 à 14h*. Nous aurons le plaisir d’écouter *Marie I. * *KAISER*, professeure à l'Université de Bielefeld.
Voici le titre et le résumé de sa communication : *What Is an Animal Personality?* *Individuals of many animal species are said to have a personality. It has been shown that some individuals are bolder than other individuals of the same species, or more sociable or more aggressive. In this talk, I analyze what it means to say that an animal has a personality. I clarify what an animal personality is and how different personality concepts relate to each other, and I examine how personality traits are identified in biological practice. My analysis shows that biologists often study specific personality traits, such as boldness, sociability or aggressiveness, rather than personalities in general. I claim that personality traits are best understood as dispositions and that they are operationally defined in terms of certain sets of behaviors, which are studied in specific experimental set-ups. Furthermore, I develop an integrative philosophical account that specifies and formalizes three criteria for identifying personality traits, which are used in biological practice. For an individual animal to have a personality trait it must, first, behave differently than others (Individual Differences). Second, these behavioral differences must be stable over a certain time (Temporal Stability), and third, they must be consistent in different contexts (Contextual Consistency).(This talk is based on a joint paper published together with Caroline Müller.)* La séance se tiendra en *visioconférence*. *Pour vous inscrire*, veuillez s'il vous plaît envoyer un message à l'adresse suivante : seminaire.general.ih...@gmail.com *Un lien Zoom vous sera envoyé quelques heures avant le début de la séance.* Au plaisir de vous voir. Bien cordialement, Francesca Merlin Vincent Ardourel -- https://www.vidal-rosset.net/mailing_list_educasupphilo.html
