Hume’s Guillotine in the Context of the Medieval Doctrine of the Transcendentals

Gaginsky, Alexey

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Hume’s Guillotine in the Context of the Medieval Doctrine of the Transcendentals

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S004287440001160-1-1

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Alexey Gaginsky Send message

Occupation: Research Fellow
Affiliation: Institute of Philosophy RAS

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Issue 10

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189-200

Abstract

In this paper I try to analyze the “Hume’s guillotine” in the context of medieval doctrine of the transcendentals. In order to accomplish this, I consider the original positions of the doctrine of transcendentals. I show, in particular, that this doctrine is based on a statement of the inner connection between Being and Good, which are convertible (ens et bonum convertuntur). In this context the “guillotine” has a different perspective – not so devastating for the ethical systems, but at the same time preserving the theoretical importance of the Hume’s law. I indicate the internal difficulties of the traditional understanding of isought problem and propose a new interpretation of it.

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God, being, good, Christianity, transcendentals, D. Hume

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23.11.2018

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GOST	Gaginsky A. Hume’s Guillotine in the Context of the Medieval Doctrine of the Transcendentals // Voprosy filosofii. – 2018. – Issue 10 C. 189-200 . URL: https://vphil.jes.su/s004287440001160-1-1/. DOI: 10.31857/S004287440001160-1
MLA	Gaginsky, Alexey "Hume’s Guillotine in the Context of the Medieval Doctrine of the Transcendentals." Voprosy filosofii. 10 (2018).:189-200. DOI: 10.31857/S004287440001160-1
APA	Gaginsky A. (2018). Hume’s Guillotine in the Context of the Medieval Doctrine of the Transcendentals. Voprosy filosofii. no. 10, pp.189-200 DOI: 10.31857/S004287440001160-1

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