著者

岡田 光弘

出版者

三田哲學會

雑誌

哲学 (ISSN:05632099)

巻号頁・発行日

no.100, pp.63-86, 1996-03

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100集記念号1. 序論2. 明晰判明性基準による形而上学立論に対する批判3. Descartesにおける論証概念と現代論理学の演繹理論4. 論証概念の二重構造説は可能か5. Referencesと注It has often been pointed out that Descartes' metaphysical proofs (on Cogito, on the existance of God, and others) contained a circular argument or a logically problematic argument. One typical example of such a claim is the so called "Cartesian Circle". The purpose of this paper is to alalyse those metaphysical proofs of Descartes from the logical view point and to clarify some misunderstandings in the literatures of Descartes studies. For that aim we clarify his notion of "proof (or demonstration)" and the so called "rule of clearness and distinctness", from the logical point of view. In the course of our investigation, we also clarify the role of the notion of "memory" in his theory of proofs and knowledge. As a conclusion, we reach the view point that Descartes has a unique and coherent notion of proof, in contrast to some researchers' view point that he distinguishes two kinds of proofs, namely metaphysical proofs and scientific proofs.