LEADER 04368nam 22007215 450 001 9910482981403321 005 20200920055115.0 010 $a3-319-05281-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-05281-6 035 $a(CKB)3710000000262124 035 $a(EBL)1968092 035 $a(OCoLC)894040562 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001372765 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11866423 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001372765 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11313056 035 $a(PQKB)10280659 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-05281-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1968092 035 $a(PPN)182099032 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000262124 100 $a20141020d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReforming the Art of Living$b[electronic resource] $eNature, Virtue, and Religion in Descartes's Epistemology /$fby Rico Vitz 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (160 p.) 225 1 $aPhilosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture,$x0928-9518 ;$v24 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-05280-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements -- Introduction -- Cartesian Meditation and the Pursuit of Virtue -- The Cartesian Framework -- Morality as a Cosmopolitan Art -- Virtuous Belief Formation -- Virtue, Volition, and Judgment -- Natural Beatitude and Religious Reform -- The Subversion of Traditional Christianity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography. 330 $aDescartes?s concern with the proper method of belief formation is evident in the titles of his works?e.g., The Search after Truth, The Rules for the Direction of the Mind, and The Discourse on Method of rightly conducting one?s reason and seeking the truth in the sciences. It is most apparent, however, in his famous discussions, both in the Meditations and in the Principles, of one particularly noteworthy source of our doxastic errors?namely, the misuse of one?s will. What is not widely recognized, let alone appreciated and understood, is the relationship between his concern with belief formation and his concern with virtue. In fact, few seem to realize that Descartes regards doxastic errors as moral errors and as sins both because such errors are intrinsically vicious and because they entail notably deleterious social consequences.   Reforming the Art of Living seeks to rectify this rather common oversight in two ways. First, it aims to elucidate the nature of Descartes?s account of virtuous belief formation. Second, it aims both (i) to illuminate the social significance of Descartes?s philosophical program as it relates to the understanding and practice not of science, but of religion and (ii) to develop a kind of Leibnizian critique of this aspect of his program. More specifically, it aims to show that Descartes?s project is ?dangerous,? insofar as it is subversive not only of traditional Christianity but also of other traditional forms of religion, both in theory and in practice. 410 0$aPhilosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture,$x0928-9518 ;$v24 606 $aEthics 606 $aEpistemology 606 $aModern philosophy 606 $aPhilosophy of mind 606 $aEthics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E14000 606 $aEpistemology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E13000 606 $aModern Philosophy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E19000 606 $aPhilosophy of Mind$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E31000 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aEpistemology. 615 0$aModern philosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy of mind. 615 14$aEthics. 615 24$aEpistemology. 615 24$aModern Philosophy. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Mind. 676 $a121 700 $aVitz$b Rico$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01226933 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910482981403321 996 $aReforming the Art of Living$92848876 997 $aUNINA