Academic Skepticism and Practice of Life: the Limits of the Cartesian Doubt
Keywords:
academic skepticism, contemplation of truth, Descartes, moral certainty, practice of life, skeptical doubt.
Abstract
Cartesian skepticism represents a fundamental element of the Cartesian method directed to find the metaphysical certainties that securely justify knowledge. Nonetheless, the Cartesian radical doubt has clearly defined limits insofar as it does not extend to the realm of vital praxis. The present paper develops the connection between Cartesian moral certainty and the notion of «practice of life» in order to show how Descartes’ methodological skepticism is framed in the academic tradition rather than in the Pyrrhonian one.Downloads
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2017-12-11
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García Rodríguez S. (2017). Academic Skepticism and Practice of Life: the Limits of the Cartesian Doubt. Ingenium. Revista Electrónica de Pensamiento Moderno y Metodología de las Ideas, 11, 73-86. https://doi.org/10.5209/INGE.58303
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