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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; New York :
Walter de Gruyter,
2003.
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Colección: | Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie ;
Bd. 58. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- INTRODUCTION
- I: DESCARTES� 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. Descartes� 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 Descartes� 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 �Provisional� and �Definitive� Morals Thesis
- 2. Deontological Approaches to Descartes� 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. Descartes� 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