The Cartesian Innateness of all Ideas as the Source and Panacea of True Knowledge

Anglický jazyk

The Cartesian Innateness of all Ideas as the Source and Panacea of True Knowledge

Na objednávku

44.37 €

bežná cena: 49.30 €

O knihe

Academic Paper from the year 2024 in the subject Philosophy - Theoretical (Realisation, Science, Logic, Language), , language: English, abstract: The purpose of this work is to give credence to the admonition of St. Augustine, who admonished seekers of the truth to look inwards for that is where the truth lies. This admonition was adhered to by Descartes when he decided to reject all prior submissions of philosophy as well as the sciences in order to proceed methodically towards arriving at the truth which will not be further doubted. Thus, the work aims at exposing how the pure intellect and the ideas innate in it can give us certitude in knowledge in the light of Descartes¿ philosophy. Descartes¿ intervention is quite significant in exposing that prior to his search for a strong foundation for the establishment of philosophy, all the claims that hitherto existed could not solve the problem of doubt. Such that none of the submissions could claim to have satisfied man¿s natural craving for the truth, and the truth cannot be two. Thus, this study is quite significant for it will try to assert once more that the truth is without doubt and it can be reached, irrespective of whether Descartes did a good job or not in his quest for the indubitable truth. And that, as Descartes believes, it can be arrived at more securely by looking inwards, in the man¿s intellect which is the place not corrupted as the changing world of the senses. It will also mean that for the intellect to hold such truths which cannot change, it follows that there exists a source, which is greater than the human intellect from where comes the truths that exist in the human mind. Descartes¿ thoughts around these will be properly highlighted to show how relevant they are in today¿s world especially in the understanding of man as well as God, the source of everything that exists alongside man.