论上帝在笛卡尔认识论中的地位

On the Status of God in the Cartesian Epistemology

在笛卡尔哲学中,表面上上帝的存在是从"我思"开始才得到证明的,实际上上帝在其中扮演了非常重要的角色;上帝不仅不是可以随意置之的东西,而是人的一切认识的最终根据。没有一个至善的上帝的存在,人就不能获得清楚明白的知识,因此笛卡尔认识论的核心就在于完满的上帝的存在,笛卡尔也不是一个反上帝者而是一个虔诚的教徒。通过"笛卡尔循环",上帝和人融入了一个整体世界中,从而使真正的科学知识体系得以建立。而"笛卡尔循环"中存在的问题,并不足以动摇上帝在笛卡尔认识论中的至上地位,尽管这一上帝确实已经不同于中世纪经院哲学中的上帝。

In the Cartesian philosophy, the existence of God was proved from ＂I think＂ in the surface, while in which God actu- ally plays a very important role; God is not a thing that we can set at will, but the final source of the understanding of everything. Without the existence of a good God, we cannot obtain clear knowledge. Therefore, the core of the Cartesian epistemology lies in the existence of a perfect God, and Descartes is not an opponent of God but a devotional Christian. In the Cartesian circle, God and man are integrated into a whole world, so that the real scientific knowledge system can be established. The problems in the Cartesian circle is not enough to shake the sovereign status of God in the Cartesian epistemology, although this God is indeed different from the God in the Medieval Scholasticism.