Scepticism and Science in Descartes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10347294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | José Luis Bermúdez (0000-0002-8312-1013, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 743-743 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8205 • E-ISSN: 1933-1592 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2953802 |
| OpenAlex | W2325111015 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Recent Descartes scholarship has revised the traditional view of the Cartesian project as one of strictly deductive rationalism. This revision has particularly stressed the role of science in Descartes' thought. The revisionist conception of Descartes also downplays the significance of the sceptical arguments offered in the First Meditation, seeing them as tools for 'turning the mind away from the senses' in the interest of Cartesian science, rather than as reflecting genuinely epistemological concerns. This paper takes issue with this aspect of the revisionist reading of Descartes. It argues that seeing scepticism as critically important for Descartes is independent of interpreting him as a canonical rationalist. In fact, it is precisely Descartes' scientific thought and practice which make scepticism such a problem for him
Epistemology · Metaphysics · Philosophy of mind · Skepticism · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical Philosophy and Science · History of Science and Medicine · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |