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/Home/Historical Studies/Philosophy/Schools of Thought/Rationalism Clear and Distinct Ideas: Rationalist Epistemology in a Nutshell Votes:0 ** How the Rationalists Construe "Clear and Distinct Ideas" ** Analysis & Interpretation by Ron Bombardi Department of Philosophy Middle Tennessee State University 1. The rationalists in general, and Descartes in particular, deploy attributions of clarity and distinctness to ideas for a variety of different if overlapping purposes: (a) to individuate objects; (b) to explain error; (c) to describe cognition; (d) to e stablish standards of evidence; and (e) to generalize the logical status of axioms in deductive systems. Owing more to the overlap than to the multiplicity of these purposes, what a given rationalist philosopher says s/he means by the terms "clear" and " distinct" is often at odds with how s/he actually uses the terms. Following Wittgenstein, we are probably well advised--when Read More Go to Site Modal Rationalism and the Mind-Body Problem Votes:0 Modal Rationalism and the Mind-Body Problem David J. Chalmers Department of Philosophy University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 chalmers@arizona.edu [This is a detailed outline for a talk I've given a few times recently. I hope it is comprehensible, at least to philosophers who have read The Conscious Mind . This started life as a self-contained version of material from my response ( Materialism and the Metaphysics of Modality ) in the Philosophy and Phenomenological Research symposium on my book, but it contains a fair bit of material that isn't in that response. Much of this material is being further developed in work in progress, which may see the light of day either as a series of papers or as a short book (working title: Mind and Modality). See also my Princeton lectures on Mind and Mod Read More Go to Site MODERN PHILOSOPHY: The Philosophy of Rationalism Votes:0 Adventures in Philosophy MODERN PHILOSOPHY Select a Category... Ancient Philosophy Medieval Philosophy Modern Philosophy Recent Philosophy American Philosophy Islamic Philosophy Jewish Philosophy Political Philosophy Eastern Philosophy Introduction & Directory Academy Resources Glossary of Philosophical Terms Timeline of Philosophy A Timeline of American Philosophy Diagram: Development of Philosophic Thought Diagram: Divisions of Philosophy The Philosophy Resource Center The Religion Resource Center Books about Philosophy in The Radical Academy Bookstore Books about Religion in The Radical Academy Bookstore Click Here for New & Used College Textbooks at Discount Prices Click Here for College Education Information & Study Resources Shop Amazon Stores in the Radical Academy Bookstore Magazin Read More Go to Site

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