Abstract
In III. Meditation, Descartes presents the idea of God that we find in our minds as evidence for the existence of a God outside the mind. According to him, there is an idea of God in our minds, which we describe as transcendent, the creator of everything, an infinite substance, and the idea of such a being cannot root in our finite nature. But nothing that happens afterward can happen by itself, and the cause of a thing must have more reality than its effect. Therefore, the reason for the idea of God that we find in our minds must only be the existence of God. Consequently, this argument deserves to be seen as an answer to the human mind's answer to why there is an idea of God, who is transcendent, the creator of all things, and an infinite being. The article discusses how the idea of God in our mind can be used as evidence for the existence of God and claims that this argument can be seen in the type of cosmological evidence.
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References
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Abstract
III. Meditasyonda, Descartes, zihinde bulduğumuz Tanrı fikrini zihin dışındaki bir Tanrı’nın varlığına kanıt olarak ortaya koyar. Ona göre zihnimizde aşkın, her şeyin yaratıcısı, sonsuz bir töz olarak nitelediğimiz Tanrı’nın bir fikri vardır ve böyle bir varlık fikri bizim sonlu doğamızın eseri olamaz. Ancak sonradan olan hiçbir şey kendi kendine meydana gelemez ve bir şeyin nedeninin, sonucundan daha çok gerçekliğe sahip olması gerekir. O halde zihnimizde bulduğumuz Tanrı fikrinin nedeni ancak Tanrı’nın varlığı olmalıdır. Sonuç olarak bu argüman insan zihninde niçin kendisinden aşkın, her şeyin yaratıcısı ve sonsuz bir varlık olarak düşünülen bir Tanrı fikrinin bulunduğuna yine insan zihninin bir cevabı olarak görülmeye layıktır. Makale zihnimizdeki Tanrı fikrinin Tanrı’nın varlığına nasıl kanıt olarak kullanılabileceğini tartışmakta ve bu argümanın kozmolojik kanıt türünde görülebileceğini iddia etmektedir.
Keywords
References
- Bennett, Jonathan. Objections to the Meditations and Descartes’s Replies. 2017. https://www.earlymoderntexts.com› descartes1642 (07.09.2022)
- Brecher, Bob. “Descartes’ Causal Argument for the Existence of God”. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 07/03 (1976), 418-432.
- Descartes, Rene. Meditations on First Philosophy with Selections from the Objections and Replies. çev. Michael Moriarty. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Descartes. Rene. The Principles of Philosophy. çev. V. R. Miller ve R. P. Miller. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1982.
- Dilley, Frank B. “Descartes’s Cosmological Argument”. The Monist 54/03 (1970), 427-440.
- Haldane, Elizabeth S. ve Ross, G. R. T. “Arguments Demonstrating The Existence of God and The Distinction Between Soul and Body, Drawn up Geometrical Fashion”. The Philosophical Works of Descartes 2, 52-59. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1912.
- Kenny, Anthony. Descartes. New York: Random House, 1968.
- Nadler, Steven. “The Doctrine of Ideas”. The Blackwell Guide to Descartes’ Meditations. ed. Stephen Gaukroger. 86-103. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
- Nolan, Lawrence ve Alan Nelson. “Proofs the Existence of God”. The Blackwell Guide Descartes’ Meditations. ed. Stephen Gaukroger. 104-121. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
- Schechtman, Anat. “Descartes’s Argument for the Existence of the Idea of an Infinite Being”. Journal of History of Philosophy 52/03 (2014), 487-517.
- Spinoza, Benedictus. The Principles of Descartes’ Philosophy. çev. Halbert Hains Britan. Illinois: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1961.
Details
| Primary Language | Turkish |
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| Subjects | Religious Studies |
| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | December 30, 2022 |
| Submission Date | September 13, 2022 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2022 Issue: 53 |
