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Diderot and Rousseau: The Two Concepts of the Mind/Body Problem

The aim of the presentation is to discuss the mind/body (reason/passion) problem within the French Enlightenment that is radically divided on this point. The materialism with the idea of the body is on the one side ; on the other is metaphysics with that of the mind. For that reason, conflicting positions of Denis Diderot and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are presented, because their tension is reflected in the moral philosophy that still applies today. According to Diderot, the reason (ratio) is the sole criterion of the truth, and thus the assumption of the just and moral society. Contrary to Diderot, Rousseau postulate the passions rather than the reason (ratio) in foundation of morality, and therefore there are the assumption of the moral society and the political community.

Enlightenment ; mind ; reason ; rationalism ; will ; passion ; morality

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