Des vraies et des fausses idées

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Des vraies et des fausses idées is a 17th-century philosophical treatise by Antoine Arnauld that critiques Cartesian theories of ideas and defends a more rigorous, Jansenist-influenced account of knowledge and representation.

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instanceOf book
philosophical treatise
addresses distinction between true and false ideas
problem of representation
aimsTo clarify conditions for cognitive certainty
associatedWith Port-Royal school NERFINISHED
author Antoine Arnauld NERFINISHED
concerns possibility of error in cognition
relation between intellect and ideas
countryOfOrigin France
critiques Cartesian theory of ideas
Cartesianism NERFINISHED
innate ideas
defends realist conception of representation
rigorous account of knowledge
focusesOn criteria of truth
error and false ideas
nature of ideas
relation between ideas and objects
genre scholarly work
historicalContext 17th-century French philosophy
post-Cartesian philosophy
influencedBy Augustinianism
Jansenist theology NERFINISHED
intendedAudience learned readers
philosophers and theologians
language French
mainSubject epistemology
philosophy of mind
representation
theory of ideas
opposesViewOf René Descartes NERFINISHED
philosophicalDiscipline theory of knowledge
philosophicalPosition anti-idealism
epistemological rigorism
philosophicalTradition Catholic philosophy
Jansenism NERFINISHED
publicationCentury 17th century
relatedWorkOfAuthor La Logique ou l’Art de penser NERFINISHED
title Des vraies et des fausses idées NERFINISHED

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