THE OBJECTIVE-IDEALISTIC COMPONENT IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF R. DECARTES:BOTH IRRATIONALISM AND APPEAL TO MIND
Vasiliy Pavlovich Goran
Institute of Philosophy and Law, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 8, Nikolaev st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: Descartes, philosophy, objective idealism, theology, substance, dualism, God, nature, infinity, boundlessness, irrationalism, divine revelation, faith, rationalism, knowledge, human being
Abstract
The article states that the peculiarity of the objective-idealistic component of Descartes' philosophy lied in its theological character, represented by the Christian doctrine. In this component, the subject of attention are two aspects highlighted by Descartes himself - the one which can be perceived by the human mind and the one which is beyond perception. Accordingly, even the article identifies the first as irrationalistic and the second as pretending to be rationalistic. But further thorough analysis of the aspects of the content of Christian ideas about God, which Descartes considered to be accessible to the human mind, revealed their real irrationality, which Descartes himself did not notice.
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