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Are mathematical objects real?
In short, mathematical objects are just as “real” as ordinary physical objects (if not even more so, as Plato thought).
What is a Cartesian thinker?
Cartesians view the mind as being wholly separate from the corporeal body. Sensation and the perception of reality are thought to be the source of untruth and illusions, with the only reliable truths to be had in the existence of a metaphysical mind.
What is Cartesian ego?
A Cartesian ego is a kind of mental or spiritual thing that is thought to inhabit a human body and give it life. Many people believe we can exist independently of a human body – that we survive the death of our bodies, continuing to have experiences either without a body, or by being reborn in another body.
Who were the Cambridge Platonists?
The Cambridge Platonists were an influential group of Platonist philosophers and Christian theologians at the University of Cambridge that existed during the 17th century. The leading figures were Ralph Cudworth and Henry More.
Who was Henry more of the Platonist school?
Henry More of the Cambridge Platonist school. The Cambridge Platonists were an influential group of Platonist philosophers and Christian theologians at the University of Cambridge that existed during the 17th century. The leading figures were Ralph Cudworth and Henry More.
Who were the Platonists?
They only came to be referred to as Platonists in the eighteenth century. But in so far as they all held the philosophy of Plato and Plotinus in high regard, and adopted principles of Platonist epistemology and metaphysics, the designation ‘Platonist’ is apt. They drew on a wide range of philosophical sources besides Platonism.
How to differentiate between Platonism and Aristotelianism?
Even granted substantial overlap of Platonism and Aristotelianism at the level of a lowest-common-denominator definition of Platonism such as Gerson’s, we can nevertheless differentiate Cambridge Platonists from contemporary scholastics by noting their rejection of syllogistic method and specifically Aristotelian physics/metaphysics.