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Arguing from Reception History for the Viability of Rational Reconstruction: A Case Study Involving The Reception of Cartesian Ethics in an Anglophone Context From 1650

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Summary, in English

I argue that Lisa Shapiro’s rational reconstruction of Descartes’s provisional moral code in terms of a broad conception of morality supplies us with an interpretative framework that make historiographical sense of the reception of Descartes’s moral philosophy in an Anglophone context on three occasions: the

appeal to Descartes made by Henry More, Henry Sidgwick’s abrupt dismissal, and the ensuing reaction to Sidgwick found in Grace Neal Dolson. This case shows, I maintain, how reception history can be utilized to inform and support rational reconstruction of philosophical texts.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • History of Ideas
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy

Keywords

  • Descartes
  • ethics
  • eudaimonism
  • Henry More
  • Henry Sidgwick
  • early modern philosophy
  • moral par provision
  • Reception history

Conference name

The third annual OZSW conference

Conference date

2015-12-11 - 2015-12-12

Conference place

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Status

Unpublished