Interpreting Descartes Algebraically

IF 0.3 4区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.5840/IPQ2021420171

J. Spiering

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Abstract

Descartes’s description of his method for discovering truth provides a helpful tool for interpreting his writings. In this article I offer a sample of how to interpret Descartes by understanding his algebraic method. My test case is the Cartesian teaching on divine freedom, which is well known to be inconsistent and often considered unfounded. I reconstruct the equations that led to these doctrines, arguing that Descartes held that the divine act of creation was both necessary and arbitrary because of the equations that resulted when he applied his method to the natural world.

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从代数角度解读笛卡尔

笛卡儿对他发现真理的方法的描述为解释他的作品提供了一个有用的工具。在这篇文章中，我提供了一个如何通过理解笛卡尔的代数方法来解释他的例子。我的测试案例是笛卡尔关于神圣自由的教导，众所周知，这是不一致的，经常被认为是没有根据的。我重新构建了导致这些学说的方程式，论证了笛卡儿认为创造的神圣行为既是必要的又是任意的，因为当他将他的方法应用于自然世界时产生了方程式。

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INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY PHILOSOPHY-

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期刊介绍： International Philosophical Quarterly has provided a peer-reviewed forum in English for the international exchange of basic philosophical ideas since 1961. The journal stands in the general tradition of theistic and personalist humanism without further restriction of school or philosophical orientation, and is open to both the philosophical discussion of contemporary issues and historical studies. It is truly international in scope with contributions from authors around the world and circulation to institutions and individuals in 70 countries. IPQ numbers among its Associate Editors scholars from both the Far East and Europe, and the journal enjoys a long-standing relationship with the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix in Belgium.