The Fourth Meditation and Cartesian Circles

C. P. Ragland; Everett Fulmer

doi:10.18290/rf20682-6

C. P. Ragland Saint Louis University, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4189-3306
Everett Fulmer Loyola University, New Orleans, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5877-4007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf20682-6

Słowa kluczowe: Czwarta Medytacja, zewnętrzne błędne koło, wewnętrzne błędne koło

Abstrakt

Czwarta medytacja a kartezjańskie koła

Proponujemy nowe spojrzenie na rolę argumentacyjną, jaką odgrywa czwarta Medytacja w ramach Medytacji o pierwszej filozofii. Przedłożona przez nas interpretacja pozwala po pierwsze, wyjaśnić wiele zaskakujących i inaczej niezrozumiałych twierdzeń sformułowanych przez Kartezjusza w czwartej Medytacji, a po drugie uchyla zarzut, że to czwarta Medytacja prowadzi do powstania w systemie Kartezjusza problemu błędnego koła — lub przynajmniej tylko pogarsza ten problem.

Biogramy autorów

C. P. Ragland, Saint Louis University, USA

C. P. Ragland is a professor who chairs the Philosophy Department at Saint Louis University, USA

Everett Fulmer, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA

Everett Fulmer is a visiting assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy at Loyola University, New Orleans, USA

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