Between certainty and doubt: on the origins of cogito in Descartes› work

Trans/Form/Ação 40 (4):21-46 (2017)
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RESUMEN: En la mayor parte de las interpretaciones de la obra de Descartes se destaca la originalidad de su propuesta escéptica, la radicalidad de las dudas que pone en juego, así como la importancia central del primer principio, sobre el que basa su fundamentación de una filosofía y una ciencia nuevas, el cogito, resultado de la refutación de esas mismas dudas hiperbólicas. Nuestra interpretación pasa por destacar a un autor olvidado, Pierre Charron, cuya obra influyó en la formación del pensamiento cartesiano. Este predicador planteó una propuesta de sabiduría escéptica, de corte académico que afecto a la formulación de las ideas de Descartes. De este modo, la certidumbre del cogito se originaría en una disputa escéptica. ABSTRACT: In most of the interpretations of the work of Descartes stands the originality of his skeptical proposal. At the same time, another important trait is the radicalism of the questions that comes into play, as well as the central importance of his first principle, on which he bases the foundation of philosophy and the new science, the cogito, a consequence of the refutation of those same hyperbolic doubts. Our interpretation involves a forgotten author, Pierre Charron, whose works have influenced the formation of Cartesian thought. This preacher raised a skeptical wisdom in academic style that influence the formulation of the Cartesian ideas. In this sense, the certainty of the cogito raises from a skeptical in dispute.

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Vicente Raga Rosaleny
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