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- Title
Desgabets as a Cartesian Empiricist.
- Authors
Cook, Monte
- Abstract
The article examines the case for taking Robert Desgabets to be a concept empiricist, someone who believes that all ideas and concepts are derived from experience. The author notes that no one disputes that Desgabets is a Cartesian of some sort and that his philosophy has non-empiricist elements, however, long tradition has regarded him as a Cartesian empiricist. He explores Desgabets' discussions of Nihil principle and his criticism on Rene Descartes' notion of pure intellection. He concludes that it is seriously misleading to regard Desgabets as a Cartesian empiricist and claims that Desgabets' concern is not to argue for a brand of empiricism but to explain how one can preserve the immortality of the soul.
- Subjects
EMPIRICISM; DESGABETS, Robert; EXPERIENCE; NIHILISM (Philosophy); EMPIRICISM in literature; IMMORTALITY of the soul; DESCARTES, Rene, 1596-1650; THEORY of knowledge; PHILOSOPHY
- Publication
Journal of the History of Philosophy, 2008, Vol 46, Issue 4, p501
- ISSN
0022-5053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hph.0.0068