Code
01Z06909
Duration
01 February 2010 → 31 July 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Humanities
- Theory and methodology of philosophy
Keywords
natural philosophy
obscurity
physiology
descartes
history and philosophy of science
Project description
This project investigates whether ‘obscurity’ (in contrast to clarity and distinctness) plays a significant role in Descartes’ natural philosophy. I argue that, where is obscurity in Descartes, it will be most prominently in his physiology, and that there is no monolithic explanation of obscurity. Rather, it may arise in various ways in the absence of clarity and distinctness.