Basics for understanding Descartes’s theory of ideas.
Bibliographic anchor Deborah Boyle , “Descartes’ Natural Light Reconsidered,” Journal of the History of Philosophy 37, no. 4 (October 1999): 601–12. John Morris,
By Justin Weinberg. September 10, 2025. In a post last month, we discussed the question, “How much use of AI in our research is acceptable?“ My
In René Descartes’s First Meditation, the meditator argues that there are some certainties even if here and now I am dreaming. The meditator claims even
By ‘axiom’ I mean a foundational commitment for the framework of Descartes’s theory of ideas, not necessarily a self-evident or indubitable truth. NOTE: Returning
[NOTE: See Glossary below for definition of all technical terms. Hyperlinks are in magenta or blue or underlined blue hyperlinks. Click a hyperlinked technical term,
Translated by ChatGPT 5.1 from Ukrainian into American English Sententiae 38:2 (2019), 112–115https://doi.org/10.22240/sent38.02.112ISSN 2075-6461. Sententiae, Volume 38, no. 2 (2019): 112–15. Oleg Khoma CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL
Summarizing Introduction by ChatGPT 5.1 This post examines René Descartes’s doctrine of simple natures and argues that his flagship corporeal simple nature—extension—fails on
DTOI Baseline (Authoritative Scholarly Edition – All Final Revisions) Finalized on 2025‑09‑28 & added to on 2025-12-29 📌 1. Material Falsity Criteria (MF1) An idea is
Key Contributions for Understanding Descartes’s Theory of Ideas: Dr. David C. Ring’s academic blog website, “Descartes’s Theory of Ideas (D.T.O.I.),” contains numerous hyperlinked
Let us consider Descartes’s remark in the Second Meditation supporting the equivalence of himself, “I,” with “reason, intellect, or mind.” “Strictly speaking, then, I am
