Published January 15, 2025 Philosophy & Humanities — IAS Publication Series · 2025

Qu’est-ce que l’Humain ? De l’Homo Narrans à l’Homo Problematicus

Jaouat, M. — IAS-UM6P

Abstract

Proposing a shift from ‘rational animal’ to a richer account of the human, Jaouat identifies two capacities as distinctively human: narration (homo narrans) and self-problematisation (homo problematicus). Engaging Ricoeur, Cassirer, and cognitive science, the essay grounds a reformulation of the human with direct implications for AI ethics, philosophy of technology, and educational theory.