Autor: Tekippe, Terry J.

Buch: What Is Lonergan Up to in Insight?

Titel: What Is Lonergan Up to in Insight?

Stichwort: Erkenntnistheorie, Maßstab, Descartes

Kurzinhalt: Wahrheit im Begriff, Fehlen der Stufe des Urteils, Cogito, ergo sum argument

Textausschnitt: () Descartes saw in the clear and distinct concept the very criterion of truth. This realization came to him as a by-product of the 'Cogito, ergo sum' argument.
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... I come to the conclusion that I might assume, as a general rule, that the things which we conceive very clearly and distinctly are all true ...
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... it seems to me that already I can establish that as a general rule that all things which I perceive very clearly and very distinctly are true ...
() On the other hand, his account of cognition is still partial, for he overlooks the level of reflection, and the key contribution of judgment.