His philosophy of knowledge depended on a belief in God and, though it is clear that he secretly rejected certain literal interpretations of the Scriptures — secretly because it would have been dangerous to reject them openly — there is little doubt that he truly believed that intuitive ...
Descartes second consideration on the existence of God relies on his belief of the certainty of clear and distinct perceptions. In the meditations prior to meditation five Descartes emphasized the truth evoked by everything which is clearly and distinctly perceived. Descartes is able to theorize tha...
Descartes. Belief, scepticism and virtue. By Richard Davies. (Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy, 3.) Pp. xi+371. London–New York: Routle... ANTHONY,KENNY - 《Journal of Ecclesiastical History》 被引量: 1发表: 2003年 Conscience as consciousness : the idea of self-...
In his search for the truth, Descartes decides ôthat I ought to reject as absolutely false all in regard to which I could suppose the least ground for doubt, in order to ascertain whether after that there remained aught in my belief that was wholly indubitable" (Discourse, I). In his...
Science can never either prove or disprove the human possession of free will. Science cannot know things-in-themselves. Therefore the free will, the belief in God, soul, heaven or hell is untouched by science. 09_康德与理性的宗教 P9 - 23:05 ...
His philosophy of knowledge depended on a belief in God and, though it is clear that he secretly rejected certain literal interpretations of the Scriptures — secretly because it would have been dangerous to reject them openly — there is little doubt that he truly believed that intuitive ...
The Belief Of The Three Ideas Of God By Descartes1062 Words | 3 Pages Descartes believes God exists and plays a key role in his belief that he is a thinking thing residing in a material world. God’s existence is an innate idea we are born with. This idea explains how our clear and...
TheMeditationsis characterized by Descartes’s use ofmethodic doubt, a systematic procedure of rejecting as though false all types ofbeliefin which one has ever been, or could ever be, deceived. His arguments derive from theskepticismof the Greek philosopherSextus Empiricus(flourished 3rd centuryce)...
A belief's being dubitable does not require that a believer is actively harboring a doubt with respect to it, but merely that his claim to knowing it is challengeable Stroud's Principle of Exclusion or Weak Closure. In other words, we need not entertain an actual doubt about a belief for...
When, with the beginning of modern times, religious belief was becoming more and more externalized as a lifeless convention, men of intellect were lifted by a new belief: their great belief in an autonomous philosophy and science. [...] in philosophy, the Meditations were epoch-making in a ...