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

 
PIIS004287440001160-1-1
DOI10.31857/S004287440001160-1
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Occupation: Research Fellow
Affiliation: Institute of Philosophy RAS
Journal nameVoprosy filosofii
EditionIssue 10
Pages189-200
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.

KeywordsGod, being, good, Christianity, transcendentals, D. Hume
Publication date23.11.2018
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