Fred Feldman and the cartesian circle

Peter J. Markie

doi:10.1007/bf01857034

Fred Feldman and the cartesian circle

Philosophical Studies ◽

10.1007/bf01857034 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 31 (6) ◽

pp. 429-432

Author(s):

Peter J. Markie

Keyword(s):

Fred Feldman ◽

Cartesian Circle

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Conclusion

10.1093/oso/9780190865122.003.0005 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Richard Foley

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Humility ◽

New Ideas ◽

Cartesian Circle

This chapter makes a plea both for intellectual humility, which cautions against overconfidence in one’s opinions, and for deference to experts when one is not well positioned to reach an opinion on one’s own. The chapter also discusses how Descartes’s efforts to find a method that would inoculate inquirers against error encountered problems with the Cartesian Circle. The chapter concludes that intellectual humility and openness to new ideas are appropriate even for those who have immense expertise in their fields. All the more so, they are the appropriate attitudes for nonexperts to have; and since no one has expertise in all fields, they are the attitudes that specialists in one field should have when considering issues in other fields. The chapter concludes by pointing out, in particular, they are the attitudes those in the humanities ought to have toward work in the sciences, and vice versa.

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The Cartesian Circle

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research ◽

10.2307/2105470 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 80 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Lynn E. Rose

Keyword(s):

Cartesian Circle

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Consequentialism, Distribution and Desert

Utilitas ◽

10.1017/s0953820800005392 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 307-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Erik Carlson

Keyword(s):

Consequentialist Theory ◽

Fred Feldman ◽

Basic Ideas ◽

Plausible Theory

This paper criticizes the ‘justice-adjusted’ consequentialist theory recently put forward by Fred Feldman. I argue that this theory violates two crucial requirements. Another theory, proposed by Peter Vallentyne, is similarly flawed. Feldman's basic ideas could, however, be developed into a more plausible theory. I suggest one possible way of doing this.

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