This volume presents essays on Descartes by pre-eminent Italian historian of philosophy Emanuela Scribano. Originally written and published in French and Italian, these essays are translated into English for the first time. The essays focus on some pivotal theses in Cartesian philosophy: proofs of God's existence, free creation of eternal truths, error, animals as machines, occasionalism, examining them in light of the philosophical context and of classical writers such as Galen, scholastic authors such as Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, Suárez, authors contemporary to Descartes, such as…mehr
This volume presents essays on Descartes by pre-eminent Italian historian of philosophy Emanuela Scribano. Originally written and published in French and Italian, these essays are translated into English for the first time. The essays focus on some pivotal theses in Cartesian philosophy: proofs of God's existence, free creation of eternal truths, error, animals as machines, occasionalism, examining them in light of the philosophical context and of classical writers such as Galen, scholastic authors such as Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, Suárez, authors contemporary to Descartes, such as Campanella and Silhon, and philosophers who referred to Cartesian philosophy, such as La Forge and Malebranche.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Emanuela Scribano previously held the positions of Full Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Siena; Full Professor of Philosophy of Religion and of History of Philosophy at the University Ca' Foscari Venice. She is currently Emeritus Professor at the University Ca' Foscari Venice and has been a member of Accademia dei Lincei since 2021.
Inhaltsangabe
* Table of Contents * Forword by Steven Nadler * Introduction * I. The idea of God * I.1 Descartes' Innatism as anti-Augustinianism * I.2 The Knowledge of God in Descartes' Letters * II. God and Human Mind * II.1 Divine Deception in Descartes' Meditations * II.2 The Replies to the Seventh Set of Objections, the Skeptic's Duties, and the Circle * II.3 What God Cannot do. Descartes and the Limits of Divine Power * III. Error * III.1 Descartes and False Ideas * III.2 Descartes on Dreamers, Madmen, and Amputees. A Physiological Reading of the Meditations * IV. Descartes and Free Thinkers * IV.1 Traces of the Atheist. From Lessius to Descartes via Vanini, Mersenne and Petit * IV.2 Animals and Clocks. Descartes against "Weak-minds" * V. Occasionalism against Descartes * V.1 Quod nescis quomodo fiat id non facis. Occasionalism against Descartes? * V.2 The Return of Campanella. La Forge against Cureau de La Chambre * V.3 Knowledge and Causality: Malebranche's Opponents.
* Table of Contents * Forword by Steven Nadler * Introduction * I. The idea of God * I.1 Descartes' Innatism as anti-Augustinianism * I.2 The Knowledge of God in Descartes' Letters * II. God and Human Mind * II.1 Divine Deception in Descartes' Meditations * II.2 The Replies to the Seventh Set of Objections, the Skeptic's Duties, and the Circle * II.3 What God Cannot do. Descartes and the Limits of Divine Power * III. Error * III.1 Descartes and False Ideas * III.2 Descartes on Dreamers, Madmen, and Amputees. A Physiological Reading of the Meditations * IV. Descartes and Free Thinkers * IV.1 Traces of the Atheist. From Lessius to Descartes via Vanini, Mersenne and Petit * IV.2 Animals and Clocks. Descartes against "Weak-minds" * V. Occasionalism against Descartes * V.1 Quod nescis quomodo fiat id non facis. Occasionalism against Descartes? * V.2 The Return of Campanella. La Forge against Cureau de La Chambre * V.3 Knowledge and Causality: Malebranche's Opponents.
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