{"id":3580,"date":"2023-12-21T14:32:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T22:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drdavidcring.net\/descartes-ideas\/?page_id=3580"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:02:02","slug":"striking-comments-on-descartess-theory-of-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drdavidcring.net\/descartes-ideas\/orientation\/striking-comments-on-descartess-theory-of-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Striking comments on philosophers, the history of philosophy, and Descartes’s theory of ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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TOPIC:<\/strong> Who are the readers philosophers and historians of philosophy write to and for?<\/mark><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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AP <\/strong>(Actu Philosophia<\/em><\/a>):<\/strong> I will therefore ask you a final question, which is also that of my master, Ruedi<\/a> Imbach<\/a> \"A<\/a>: for whom does the philosopher write and for whom does the historian of philosophy write? And maybe even what does the historian of philosophy write for?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DK (Denis<\/a> Kambouchner<\/a>) <\/strong>\"An<\/a> <\/strong>\"An<\/a>:<\/strong> If we are to conclude with a word, and of course without closing anything, I would be inclined to emphasize that we must not overestimate our influence as philosophers and a fortiori<\/em> historians of philosophy, which is in any case the most modest, nor resign ourselves to writing and publishing for small circles of initiates. There is in any case, even in our specialties, a whole range of genres and registers, which is not fully fixed and can always be enriched. It seems essential to me both never to give in to anything in terms of rigor and accuracy, and to maintain a relatively broad ideal of communication, in other words to address us, to use a Cartesian expression, to all those who take care to educate themselves<\/strong>. This means\u2014and I see our eminent friend Ruedi Imbach, whom I also want to greet, tell you something quite similar\u2014that we can be scholastic in some of our productions, if necessary poetic in others, but never esoteric. As for the “for what” . . . Does the search for a trade with the great intelligences of the past really need justification? Increasing our intelligence of things to all remains the most noble task<\/strong>. (bold not in original)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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(“Entretien avec Denis Kambouchner: Autour de Descartes n\u2019a pas dit (partie II)<\/span><\/a>” [“Interview with Denis Kambouchner: Around Descartes did not say (part II)”]. Posted on Thibaut Gress<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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