Existence and predication of existence in Gassendi’s critique of Cartesian ontological proof in Fifth MEditation

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  • Elane Maria Farias de Carvalho

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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2010.89383

Keywords:

Descartes, Gassendi, Existence, Perfection, Predication.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the notion of ‘existence’ in the Gassendi’s critique of Cartesian ontological proof of Fifth Meditation, in order to try to evaluate which logical and metaphysical assumptions are implied ( ) in the Gassendi’s statement that existence is not a perfection, as well as in his another further objection, in which he uses the logic of predicables to attack the Cartesian thesis that existence is a property.

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Author Biography

  • Elane Maria Farias de Carvalho
    Profª Drª do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Fluminense, Campus Campos-Guarus

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Published

2010-04-15

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No. 22 (2010)

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Carvalho, E. M. F. de. (2010). Existence and predication of existence in Gassendi’s critique of Cartesian ontological proof in Fifth MEditation. Cadernos Espinosanos, 22, 27-36. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2010.89383