The Fourth Meditation and Cartesian Circles
The Fourth Meditation and Cartesian Circles
Author(s): C.P. Ragland, Everett FulmerSubject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Epistemology, Renaissance Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Fourth Mediation; external circle; internal circle
Summary/Abstract: We offer a novel interpretation of the argumentative role that Meditation IV plays within the whole of the Meditations. This new interpretation clarifies several otherwise head-scratching claims that Descartes makes about Meditation IV, and it fully exonerates the Fourth Meditation from either raising or exacerbating Descartes’ circularity problems.
Journal: Roczniki Filozoficzne
- Issue Year: 68/2020
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 119-138
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English