This article has no associated abstract. ( fix it )doi:10.1111/j.1468-0114.1977.tb07491.xJohn C. StevensWest Lafayette IndianaJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdThe Personalist
Descartes explicitly states that virtue is sufficient for attaining happiness. In this paper I argue that, within the framework he develops, this is not exactly true: more than virtuous action is needed to secure happiness. I begin by analyzing, in Section 2, the Cartesian notion of virtue in...
So the commonsense picture of reality—that the world really is the way it looks to us—Descartes shows that we cannot just assume this to be true beyond all doubt, and he does this by talking about illusions.And also by arguing that we could be dreaming.But consider this, he says: Whi...
named after him. He is credited as the father of analytical geometry, thebridge between algebra and geometry, crucial to the discovery of infinitesimalcalculus and analysis. Descartes was also one of the key figures in thescientific revolution and has been described as an example of genius....
Habermasians accuse Descartes of being too monological. 哈贝马斯指责笛卡尔的存在太过单向 Marxists think that he is an isolated bourgeois subject. 马克思主义者认为他是一个孤立的资产者主体 For the last 200 years it has been Hegel who has occupied this position, hasn't he? 在过去的200年里,黑格...
most likely because it resembles a physical shock reaction. But people don’t remember this, and so when they imagine rejection, they imagine they would be upset. (After all, it’s hard to remember not feeling anything.) And so, the imagined reaction is much more emotional than the act...
stance is One of the names for this disengagement is “madness,” and we know that the prospect of madness haunts the entirety of modern philosophy from Descartes onwards. When Hegel defines madness as withdrawal from the actual world, the closing of the soul into itself, its “contraction,...
Or the better question is why should we eat meat? Normally one would argue vegetarianism using one of two ways; the utilitarian method or the ontological method. But seeing as though our consumption of meat hasn't decreased to the extent that it should from such arguments philosophy professor...
In honor of Descartes, here is Monty Python. In Poland Hili has a new angle on Plato’s Cave. Take that, C.S. Lewis. Hili: I’m proud of my shadow. A: Why? Hili: It’s always in a good company. In Polish: Hili: Dumna jestem z mojego cienia, ...
So, for more than 30 years, the science has been clear: Mass extinction, collapsing ecosystem and rising temperatures are but a few of the inconvenient truths that humankind is facing. Yet, people react very differently to such warnings. While some carry on regardless, others have started to ...