WAS HUGO GROTIUS A RATIONALIST?

• Authors: Contreras A. Sebastián
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Scholars situate Grotius at the origin of more geometric rationalism. According to this reading, he is responsible for the transition from a dialectical to a deductivist interpretation of the naturally just. Grotius, however, neither deems ethics explainable through mathematics, nor does he think that reason alone determines whether an action is right or wrong. Without nature, he maintains, reason is an empty measure.

Keywords

EN

HUGO GROTIUS; MODERN RATIONALISM; GEOMETRIC RATIONALISM; NATURAL LAW

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filozofia (Philosophy)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 78
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 619 – 633

Contributors

author

Contreras A. Sebastián

• Universidad de Los Andes, Chile EIU-UNED, Spain Álvaro del Portillo 12.455 7620001 Santiago, Chile

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4517-5600

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2023.78.8.2