Descartes on innate ideas

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    • Boyle, Deborah A.

書誌事項

Descartes on innate ideas

Deborah A. Boyle

（Continuum studies in philosophy）

Continuum, c2009

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-173) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: [pbk] ISBN 9781441102874

内容説明

The concept of innateness is central to Descartes' epistemology; the Meditations display a new, non-Aristotelian method of acquiring knowledge by attending properly to our innate ideas. Yet understanding Descartes's conception of innate ideas is not an easy task and some commentators have concluded that Descartes held several distinct and unrelated conceptions of innateness. In Descartes on Innate Ideas, however, Deborah Boyle argues that Descartes's remarks on innate ideas in fact form a unified account. Addressing the further question of how Descartes thinks innate ideas are known, the author shows that for Descartes, thinkers have implicit knowledge of their innate ideas. Thus she shows that the actual perception of these innate ideas is, for Descartes, a matter of making them explicit, turning the intellect away from sense-perceptions and towards pure thought. The author also provides a new interpretation of the Cartesian 'natural light', an important mental faculty in Descartes' epistemology.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. The Multiple Meanings of 'Innate Idea'
  • 2. Innate Ideas as Objects and Acts
  • 3. The Role of Reflection in Perceiving Innate Ideas
  • 4. The Natural Light Reconsidered
  • 5. The Natural Light and Its Truths
  • 6. Innate Ideas, Corporeal Substance, and Mathematics
  • Bibliography
  • Index.
巻冊次

ISBN 9781847061904

内容説明

This book offers the first sustained treatment of Descartes' conception of innateness. The concept of innateness is central to Descartes' epistemology; the Meditations display a new, non-Aristotelian method of acquiring knowledge by attending properly to our innate ideas. Yet understanding Descartes' conception of innate ideas is not an easy task and some commentators have concluded that Descartes held several distinct and unrelated conceptions of innateness.In "Descartes on Innate Ideas", however, Deborah Boyle argues that Descartes' remarks on innate ideas in fact form a unified account. Addressing the further question of how Descartes thinks innate ideas are known, the author shows that for Descartes, thinkers have implicit knowledge of their innate ideas. Thus she shows that the actual perception of these innate ideas is, for Descartes, a matter of making them explicit, turning the intellect away from sense-perceptions and towards pure thought. The author also provides a new interpretation of the Cartesian 'natural light', an important mental faculty in Descartes' epistemology.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. The Multiple Meanings of 'Innate Idea'
  • 2. Innate Ideas as Objects and Acts
  • 3. The Role of Reflection in Perceiving Innate Ideas
  • 4. The Natural Light Reconsidered
  • 5. The Natural Light and Its Truths
  • 6. Innate Ideas, Corporeal Substance, and Mathematics
  • Bibliography.

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