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

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 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vphil/s207987840000446-9-1-en (circulation date: 05.11.2024). 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 (10), pp.189-200 DOI: 10.31857/S004287440001160-1

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