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On true and false ideas
Book • 1990
Antoine Arnauld's 'On True and False Ideas' (French: Des vraies et des fausses idées) is a sustained response to Malebranche's doctrine of vision in God and representationalism.
Arnauld defends a view, influenced by Port-Royal thought, that perceptions are not passive receptions of representations but active modifications of the mind that make objects objectively present.
He argues against the need for intermediary representations residing in God and emphasizes the mind's capacity to grasp objects directly.
The treatise combines philosophical argument with satirical passages to undermine Malebranche's claims about ideas and perception.
It played a key role in the 17th-century debate over the nature of ideas, representation, and skepticism.
Arnauld defends a view, influenced by Port-Royal thought, that perceptions are not passive receptions of representations but active modifications of the mind that make objects objectively present.
He argues against the need for intermediary representations residing in God and emphasizes the mind's capacity to grasp objects directly.
The treatise combines philosophical argument with satirical passages to undermine Malebranche's claims about ideas and perception.
It played a key role in the 17th-century debate over the nature of ideas, representation, and skepticism.
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