Dualism

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani first approaches dualism through Descartes. In his view Descartes remains "binary": he posits thought and extension, soul and body, with nothing in between1. There are thus two substances: thought, which is immaterial, and extension. Thought is not material and matter does not think2. He also links dualism to Kant, who separates the theoretical order from the practical order by an "impassable abyss". He sees this as an exacerbation of Christian dualism3. Dualism also concerns the relation between nature and the human world: the law of cities is not the law of nature, which gives the pairs nature-culture, nature-city and nature-mind4. In 2024, speaking about secularism, he comes back to the opposition that classical metaphysics draws between the thinking thing and the extended thing. He then notes that everything dual and dichotomous belongs to the devil, that is, to the double5.

1. 1#2.4 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?10 Mar 2016 · 20:15
2. 2#6.1-1/2 - Prélude • D.Pagani / Lacan : Fonction et champs de la parole et du langage10 Nov 2019 · 36:47
3. 3#4.3 Angélique (de Nerval)11 Dec 2017 · 34:20
4. 4Que faire ? 2/329 Jan 2016 · 53:13
5. 5La laïcité, vérité de la religion ?18 Feb 2024 · 1:44:34

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