Vincent Cespedes
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Vincent Cespedes (born 14 September 1973 in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis) is a French philosopher, writer and composer.
He is the author of essays on various subjects, and he published a novel on Cheikh Anta Diop and Panafricanism philosophy, set in the context of relations between Africa and the West. Since 2008 he has directed a collection which he created at Larousse editions: "Philosopher" ("Philosophize").
He is also a painter,Two covers of his books represent his paintings, I Love You (Flammarion, 2003) and The Cherry on the Concrete (Flammarion 2002). a pianist, a rapper and a composer.
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Activities
He gives conferences in France and abroad, intervening notably in the circles of the hospital (clinical research ethics, psychiatry), of companies and institutions.
He is among "the young guard" in a ranking conducted by L'OBS on the "50 Stars of Thought",[http://hebdo.nouvelobs.com/hebdo/parution/p2292/articles/a385261-.html?xtmc=levistrauss&xtcr=19 L'OBS, October, 2008]. as well as among the nine portraits of "intellectuals of the twenty-first century" brushed by Le Journal du Dimanche.[http://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Actualite/Les-nouveaux-intellectuels-du-XXIe-siecle-160182/ Le Journal du dimanche, December, 2009.]
Regular guest of the Solidays music festival[http://www.solidays.org/solidays-tv/conferences/date/2016/ Solidays music festival, 2016.] organised by Solidarité sida (a French AIDS awareness group for youth), he participated in the launch of "Printemps Solidaire" at the Zénith Paris on 1 February 2017, in front of 6,000 spectators.[https://www.printemps-solidaire.fr/evenement/tous-au-zenith-de-paris Printemps Solidaire, Zénith-Paris, 2017.]
He had practiced Kung-Fu for 20 years and was stunt performer in Brotherhood of the Wolf (Christophe Gans, 2001), directed by Philip Kwok.
He is also a pianist and composer.[http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/em/moi-majeur/emission.php?e_id=100000066&d_id=425007117 France Musique, « Voyage en moi majeur », January, 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128224229/http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/em/moi-majeur/emission.php?e_id=100000066 |date=28 January 2012 }}. His first rap EP, under the alias VIINCΞ, "Microliberté", was released on 13 October 2017 on Recordless Company record label.[https://recordlesscompany.lnk.to/microliberte VIINCΞ, "Microliberté", Recordless Company, 2017).]
= Direct Philosophy =
In 2016, he organizes about ten times a month video sessions on Facebook Live to interact directly with Internet users connected to the themes that they suggest; an exercise which he calls "balbutiement" (″stammering″).[https://www.facebook.com/VincentCespedesPage/videos Direct philosophy, on Facebook Live]
It is also thanks to the exploration of this technology that he creates and animates the first role-playing game in Facebook live video, Primate Joke:[https://www.facebook.com/groups/PrimateJoke Primate Joke, first role-playing game in Facebook live video]. a meditation on the future of humanity and modern democracies, where emotions and thought are taken care of by monkeys-cyborgs, the "Cymians".
With these experiences, he created "Dream Tanks[https://www.facebook.com/DreamTanks Dream Tanks Facebook Page]" in August 2016: citizen agoravideos in which Internet users (called "Editors") seize a theme and interact with their "co-drivers" (users connected) . This initiative of "direct philosophy" will produce fifty Dream Tanks from the first month, by publishers from 17 to 73 years, from all origins and around the world (France, Peru, Thailand, China). In a year, the number of Dream Tanks will be 450.
= Tintin Gate =
On 19 September 2017, he launched on his Facebook Page an absurd but well-argued idea, clearly stamped "Fake news", which will trigger the "Tintin Gate": the idea that Tintin was always perceived as a girl for his creator, Hergé.[https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/tintin-girl-herge-comics-vincent-cespedes-philosopher-theory-fake-news-experts-film-a7967551.html The Independent, ″Is Tintin a girl? French philosopher says theory on comic book character was a 'thought experiment'″ », 2017.] The controversy goes around the world in less than a week. The philosopher will explain himself to Guardian: his objective was to demonstrate that the "serious" media now needed attractive "fake news" to prosper on the Internet.[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/25/is-tintin-a-girl-philosopher-says-his-theory-was-fake-news The Guardian, ″Is Tintin a girl? Philosopher says his theory was 'fake news'″.]
= New technologies =
In 2016, he created the human values test Deepro[https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/deepro/id1111270608 Deepro, mobile app on human values, on App Store and Google Play, Matkaline, 2016.] (for ″Deep Profiling″), presenting his new axiology directly in the form of a mobile app.[http://lemeunierquidort.com/la-philo-au-bout-des-doigts/ « La philo au bout des doigts… » (″Philo on your fingertips″), Le Meunier qui dort, 2016.]
His philosophical tarot, Le Jeu du Phénix (″The Phoenix Game″), is also adapted for mobile app.
In 2017, with his team of French and Vietnamese developers, he launches the IMLAC project (″Intelligent Matricial Language About Concepts″), the construction of a philosophical artificial intelligence, based on his system of formalization of human behaviors, on the Lovotic of Hooman Samani, on works by Lotfi Zadeh and on swarm intelligence.[https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/le-jeu-du-ph%C3%A9nix/id1225521185 Le Jeu du Phénix, on App Store and Google Play, Matkaline, 2017.]
References
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External links
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.vincentcespedes.net Official website.]
- {{in lang|en}} [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/vincent-cespedes-paris-attacks_564cc8c8e4b00b7997f8aa22 French Philosopher Urges Youth To Create 'A New Form Of Resistance' (Huffington Post, 18 November 2015)]
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://ce-soir-ou-jamais.france3.fr/?page=emission&id_rubrique=1181 Televised debate on young people and contestation, 20 October 2010.]
- {{in lang|en}} [http://www.editions-libella.com/fiche-ouvrage.asp?O=347 Let's mix. Investigating Human Alchemy (presentation)]
- {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081207080903/http://www.arte.tv/fr/accueil/Comprendre-le-monde/paris-berlin/2321286.html Televised Debate, « Tomorrow, Everyone Metis ? », 13 November 2008.]
- {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090112225247/http://www.arte.tv/fr/accueil/Comprendre-le-monde/philosophie/2235124,CmC=2272798.html Televised lesson on the Mix Philosophy of Vincent Cespedes, October 2008]
- {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081007180047/http://www.france24.com/fr/20080505-debat-mai-france-heritage-soixante-huit-etudiant-liquider-discours-bercy-sarkozy-anniversaire%26navi%3DDEBATS Televised debate on Mai-68, 5 May 2008.]
- {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014183003/http://www.france24.com/fr/20080909-debat-entre-les-murs-cantet-palm-ecole-france-cinema-festival-de-cannes-partie-1%26navi%3DDEBATS Televised debate on Education, 9 September 2008.]
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/vincent%2Bcespedes/video/x3dfbe_csoj-discussion-autour-de-la-pornog_creation Televised debate on Pornography, 30 April 2007.]
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://contrejournal.blogs.liberation.fr/mon_weblog/2007/11/vincent-cespeds.html « Mai 68, mon amour (May 68, My Love) » – Le Contre-journal de Libération (The Counter-Journal of Libération newspaper), November 2007 (16 minute interview).]
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