The Epistemological Role of Consciousness in Nicolas Malebranche’s Recherche de la Vérité
The paper discusses the epistemological role of consciousness in Nicolas Malebranche's Recherche de la Vérité. After presenting the problem of how an epistemologically negative view of consciousness could represent an obstacle to the project of founding a ‘science of man’, it is argued that Mal...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) |
| Repositorio: | Principia (Florianópolis. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/91930 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/91930 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Knowledge Spirit Consciousness Reflection Nicolas Malebranche Conhecimento Espírito Consciência Reflexão |
| Sumario: | The paper discusses the epistemological role of consciousness in Nicolas Malebranche's Recherche de la Vérité. After presenting the problem of how an epistemologically negative view of consciousness could represent an obstacle to the project of founding a ‘science of man’, it is argued that Malebranche understands ‘reflection’, a specific type of consciousness, as a pure / intellectual form of perception and therefore an unproblematic way of accessing mental phenomena from an epistemological point of view. Reflection could be the foundation of the science of man. |
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