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Scepticism, freedom, and autonomy : a study of the moral foundations of Descartes' theory of knowledge /

Descartes' Skeptizismus, dem in der Regel nur eine epistemische Bedeutung zugesprochen wird, erweist sich in der Lesart Araujos als relevant für eine grundlegende moralische Frage: die nach der menschlichen Autonomie überhaupt.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Araujo, Marcelo de
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2003.
Colección:Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie ; Bd. 58.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I: DESCARTESâ€? THEORY OF JUDGEMENT
  • Introduction
  • 1. Entertaining and Judging
  • 2. Kinds of Thoughts: Ideas, Affections, and Judgements
  • 3. Ideas: Picture-Like Thoughts and Propositions
  • 4. Facultas Cognoscendi and Facultas Eligendi
  • 5. Descartesâ€? Ethics of Belief.
  • 6. Attention Voluntarism and Scepticism
  • II: TWO CONCEPTS OF FREEDOM
  • Introduction
  • 1. Fourth Meditation: The Latin and The French Texts
  • 2. Power of Choice and Spontaneous Assent
  • 3 Arguments for Doxastic Voluntarism
  • 4. Arguments for Attention Voluntarism5. Freedom Before, and Freedom During the Action
  • 6. The Concept of Attention
  • 7. Scepticism and Free Will
  • III: SELF-DECEPTION AS A MENTAL STATE
  • Introduction
  • 1. Dogmatic Self-Deception: The Regulae
  • 2. Sceptical Self-Deception: The First Meditation
  • 3. Imposition, Suspension of Judgement, and Freedom
  • 4. The Meaning of Imponere in The First Meditation
  • 5. Freedom, Scepticism and Early Modern Philosophy
  • 5.1 Montaigne
  • 5.2 Charron
  • 5.3 Gassendi
  • IV: FREEDOM, AUTONOMY, AND SCEPTICISM
  • Introduction1. Lack of Autonomy through Manipulation
  • 2. Minimal Autonomy
  • 3. Cogito and Autonomy
  • 4. Autonomy and Epistemic Responsibility
  • 5. Scepticism and Character Traits
  • V: THE SCIENCE OF GOOD LIVING
  • Introduction
  • 1. Interpretations of Descartesâ€? Moral Theory
  • 2.1 The Biographical Accident Thesis
  • 2.2 The Lack of Sincerity Thesis
  • 2.3 The Lack of Originality Thesis
  • 2.4 The Identity of â€?Provisionalâ€? and â€?Definitiveâ€? Morals Thesis
  • 2. Deontological Approaches to Descartesâ€? Moral Theory
  • 3. Moral Certainty and Metaphysical Certainty4. Scepticism and Everyday Life
  • 5. The Moral Way of Knowing and the Science of Good Living
  • VI: DESCARTES ON VIRTUE ETHICS
  • Introduction
  • 1. Descartesâ€? Moral Theory and Virtue Ethics
  • 2. The Moral Maxims
  • 3. The First Maxim: Moral Paragons
  • 4. The Second Maxim: The Virtue of Resolution
  • 5. The Third Maxim: The Virtue of Prudence
  • 6. The Fourth Maxim: The Examined Life
  • 7. The Quest for Truth and The Highest Good
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX NOMINUM