LOMENÝ POHLED: POVAHA A ÚLOHA FIKCE VE FRANCOUZSKÉ OSVÍCENSKÉ FILOZOFII

• Authors: Fulka Josef

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Gaze refracted: The nature and function of fiction in French Enlightenment philosophy

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

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The aim of the present text is to analyse the function of philosophical fictions in French 18th-century philosophy. These fictions are based on the idea of an innocent gaze, cast on our own culture and perception; such a gaze is often connected with a figure of alterity: a child, a stranger, a blind or deaf person etc. The author argues that this gaze, in fact, is most often refracted, that is to say, it is a gaze of the philosopher himself who only imagines the alterity in question. This principal thesis is illustrated by examples taken from two realms: the theory of perception (Condillac’s statue) and the theory of education (Rousseau and Mme de Genlis).

Keywords

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FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT; EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; FRENCH PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of World Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: World Literature Studies
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 14 – 23

Contributors

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Fulka Josef

• Filosofický ústav akademie věd ČR, Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic