The cartesian turning point within philosophy of will

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TitreThe cartesian turning point within philosophy of will
Type de publicationJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuteursGuenancia P
JournalREVUE DES SCIENCES PHILOSOPHIQUES ET THEOLOGIQUES
Volume99
Pagination583-597
Date PublishedOCT-DEC
Type of ArticleArticle
ISSN0035-2209
Mots-cléscogito, freedom, judgment, psychology, reflection, understanding, will
Résumé

The paper examines the areas devoted to Descartes especially his Fourth Meditation in the lesson on The Philosophical Concept of Will that Ricoeur gave in 1967. By analyzing Ricoeur's claim that the cartesian philosophy of will represents a turning point within the tradition, the author aims to underline the interpretative shifts that testify to the influence of new mediations, namely Heidegger and Gueroult, but also and particularly to a critical distance that Ricoeur displays towards Descartes far more obviously than in the Philosophy of Will, a distance that is connected to a turning point in his thinking. With this objective in mind, the paper unfolds following three stages of Ricoeur's reading of Descartes : a) the phenomenological core; b) the will and order of reason; c) will and cogito.