The Rationality of Affirmation and Negation in Modern French Philosophy

• Autorzy: Zbigniew Drozdowicz

Warianty tytułu

Racjonalność afirmacji i negacji w nowoczesnej filozofii francuskiej

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article refers to the rationality of affirmations and negations appearing in the philosophies of Descartes and Voltaire who can be treated as followers of previous traditions that separated these two modes of articulating rationality, including the traditions of antiquity. These modes became somewhat of a rule first for Socrates, and later for his disciple, Plato. However, Descartes and Voltaire slightly modified those traditions in order to adjust the rationalities they wrote about to the needs and expectations of their contemporaries. Voltaire negated, among other things, the rationality of Descartes' philosophy, but there were also a significant number of critics before him who expressed similar opinions, such as Leibniz or Kant. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Philosophy; Philosophical thought

PL

Filozofia; Poglądy filozoficzne

• Czasopismo: Człowiek i Społeczeństwo / Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Wydział Nauk Społecznych
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 34 Nowe perspektywy filmoznawstwa
• Strony: 199--208

Twórcy

autor

Zbigniew Drozdowicz

• Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

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