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1274Locke on the Power to SuspendLocke Studies 14 121-157. 2014.My aim in this paper is to determine how Locke understands suspension and the role it plays in his view of human liberty. To this end I, 1) discuss the deficiencies of the first edition version of ‘Of Power’ and why Locke needed to include the ability to suspend in the second edition, then 2) analyze Locke’s definitions of the power to suspend with a focus on his use of the terms ‘source’, ‘hinge’, and ‘inlet’ to describe the power. I determine from these descriptions that the ability to suspend…Read more
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Les Malebranchismes des Lumières: Études sur les réceptions contrastées de la philosophie de Malebranche, fin XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (review)Revue Philosophique de la France Et de L’Etranger 3 384-386. 2016.
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44Arnauld, Power, and the Fallibility of Infallible DeterminationHistory of Philosophy Quarterly 33 (3): 237-256. 2016.Antoine Arnauld is well known as a passionate defender of Jansenism, specifically Jansen’s view on the relation between freedom and grace. Jansen and, early in his career Arnauld, advance compatibilist views of human freedom. The heart of their theories is that salvation depends on both the irresistible grace of God and the free acts of created things. Yet, in Arnauld’s mature writings, his position on freedom seems to undergo a significant shift. And, by 1689, his account of freedom no longer s…Read more
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17th/18th Century Philosophy |
History of Western Philosophy |
Philosophical Traditions |