In this thesis I argue that a leading sentimentalist theory, Rational Sentimentalism, faces the Problem of Superfluity because the evaluative properties to which certain emotions are responses can be defined independently of examining those emotional responses. In other words, the connection to value that Rational Sentimentalism aims for fails to obtain. I show that at least one such emotion, disgust, is influenced by higher cognition to a degree incompatible with Rational Sentimentalism avoiding the Problem of Superfluity. I conclude by suggesting ways in which other emotions are structurally similar to disgust, and therefore face the same problem in being incorporated into Rational Sentimentalism.

Les systèmes avioniques s'étoffent et se complexifient de plus en plus. Avec l'augmentation des capacités de calcul, de nouvelles architectures basées sur le partage de ressources émergent. Effectuer le diagnostic d'un système n'est désormais plus une opération anodine. L'enjeu actuel est donc de mettre en place des techniques de diagnostic performantes tout en optimisant les capacités de monitoring nécessaires.Ce mémoire donne une caractérisation basée modèle d'un système sous diagnostic, puis propose des techniques pour en évaluer les performances de diagnostic, ainsi que celles de son monitoring (relativement à ces performances). Le contexte industriel dans lequel s'inscrit cette thèse amène d'autres contraintes, notamment la prise en compte de la taille des systèmes avioniques à analyser. Cette thèse étudie alors l'applicabilité des techniques introduites dans ce contexte et en propose une adaptation. / Avionics systems become more and more complex. With the improvment of computing possibilities, new architectures based on resources sharing are growing up. Perform diagnosis of a system is no longer a trivial operation. The challenge is to develop efficient techniques of diagnosis while optimizing capabilities of monitoring required.This thesis give a model-based characterization of a system under diagnosis, and proposes techniques to assess diagnostic performances, as well as its monitoring ones (with respect to these diagnostic performances). The industrial context of this thesis brings other constraints, and in particular the need to handle the size of avionics systems to analyze. That thesis then examines the applicability of the introduced techniques to this particular context, and proposes an adaptation.