This PhD thesis aims to develop research in this field by proposing a stochastic model for evaluating the expected time of failure of a system from a rational expectations perspective. We want to explore how the efficient use of information collected over time on the dy...

Among the diverse research fields within computer music, synthesis and generation of audio signals epitomize the cross-disciplinarity of this domain, jointly nourishing both scientific and artistic practices since its creation. Inherent in computer music since its genes...

In his recent theory of grounds, Prawitz develops his semantic investigations towards an analysis of origin and nature of the power valid inferences exert on deductive agents, i.e., the power to epistemically compel one to accept the conclusion, if one has accepted the ...

The ideal of inclusive society is based on principles of justice and social cohesion. It translates into a desire to include people at risk of poverty and exclusion, to reduce social inequalities and to encourage participation in the life of society. Faced with social i...

The project of the thesis aims to describe, analyse and understand practices of learners of level V in block release training in the equine domain. Particularly, it is the question of studying deployed resources in transactional situations. These situations will be expl...

The thesis studies the impact of new technology on the transmission and promotionof heritage on primary school pupils in order to demonstrate the importance of an alliance between history, visual culture and technology. Two case studies with two distinct types of corpus...

Retirement homes, detention centers and monasteries : at first sight, these three institutions seem to be very different. Nevertheless, we noticed similarities which led us to ask ourselves the following question: What are the psychic dynamics involved in a total instit...

Several thinkers and scientists throughout the philosophical and scientific tradition took up the relationship between cooperation, language, and social cognition. Among them, Trần Đức Thảoʼs (1917–1993) deserves a special mention. The purpose of the following research ...

This thesis intervenes in the line of studies about the relation between language and cognition in L2. The main objective is to analyze spatial conceptualization in an oral narrative task (Frog story) by several groups of learners who differ for a) their L1 (English, Fr...

This research explains how through the mobilization of some socio-cognitive mechanisms, the cameroonian people manage to maintain stability in their country. The hypothesis of this research was that the knowledge shared about risk and the illusion of permanence of justi...