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Entre assurance morale et vision béatifique: Leibniz et la preuve cartésienne de l'existence des corps
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Date de parution
1996-5-7
In
Studia Philosophica, Descartes 1596-1996
No
vol 55
De la page
193
A la page
224
Résumé
Glauser examines Descartes's proofs of the existence of bodies in the Meditations and the Principles, and studies Leibniz's criticism of the second proof. He argues that Leibniz's objections in the Animadversions must be understood against the background of: (1) Leibniz's own conception of our certainty of the existence of bodies, which depends on (2) Leibniz's metaphysics of the nature of bodies, and (3) his profound transformation of the hypothesis of a divine deceiver in his own system. Given these background assumptions, it appears that Leibniz's criticism presupposes a radical transformation of the question Descartes was attempting to answer.
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