Anastasia Zakariadze, Irakli Brachuli Abstract The ethos of the Enlightenment implies the recognition of the primacy of an autonomous Cogito. It also implies the recognition of the primacy of so-called “genius” – the power of proper imagination of unconditional free game. The study shows that St. Anthim the Iberian’s poetics, in his artistic creativity, … [Read more…]
Laëtitia Simonetta Abstract In La Recherche de la vérité, Malebranche succeeds Descartes in entitling the affections of pleasure and pain to a practical role. However, he also speaks of instinct as “knowledge” and “proof”. This vocabulary is all the more surprising as it keeps opposing knowledge, based on ideas, to feeling, which only consists … [Read more…]
Alice Simionato Abstract In this paper, I argue that Spinoza’s theory of emotions as developed in his Ethics provides a theory of becoming. In particular, I argue that adequate knowledge of the emotions attained through reason provides human beings with a twofold insight; on the one hand, adequate knowledge of affectus provides metaphysical insight … [Read more…]
Guillem Sales Vilalta Abstract Mendelssohn’s second work, the Briefe über die Empfindungen (Letters on Sentiments), has mainly to do with sentiments experimented by human subjects. Nevertheless, the generalist, broad scope of the title might bring about some confusion: the work is not devoted to sentiments in general, but to sentiments of pleasure in particular. … [Read more…]
Saja Parvizian Abstract In recent literature commentators have challenged the standard interpretation that the Cartesian Self is a res cogitans. Various modifications have been proposed: the will should be regarded as an essential feature of thought as well (not just the intellect), and even the body – in some sense – belongs to the Cartesian … [Read more…]
Gábor Boros Abstract This paper will tackle, first, the history of the “original stance” in the history of European philosophy, in which feelings had to be subordinated to reason-based knowledge. Afterwards I will have a first look at 20th century phenomenology and neuro-sciences in order to show the apparition and prevalence of the new stance … [Read more…]
Lynda Gaudemard Abstract This issue arises from the selection of the articles based on the presentations delivered at the international seminar “Feel to Know: Emotion and Cognition in Early Modern Philosophy” I organised at the Institute of History of Philosophy (Aix-Marseille University), in Fall 2021. Participants included Gabor Boros (KRE, University of Budapest), Pablo Montosa … [Read more…]