Research On The Thought Of Malebranche's "Causal Theory"

From the middle ages to modern times,many masters appeared in the history of western philosophy.During the flourishing of western philosophy,the status of nature and man was redefined,thus epistemology became the research subject of this period.From the perspective of philosophical history,in the process of the confrontation and debate between the two European philosophies in the modern world,and in the process of mutual absorption and infiltration,the philosophy of Malebranche is at a crucial turning point.As a theologian,the concept of "seeing everything in God”has always been accompanied by the voice of the medieval scholastic philosophy.In fact,the argument about God and universal truth,as well as the spirit and the flesh,is the indispensable part of the history of dualism under the influence of Descartes.As a representative figure in dualism,Malebranche combined his theological thought with dualism to form a unique duality theory of "causal theory".From the perspective of promoting the philosophical development,the emergence of "causal theory" provides a certain form of thinking carrier for later generations of philosophy.The philosophers of later generations have different opinions on the "causal theory",and the wisdom contained in the causal theory" also has different cognitive developments.Even in the era of contemporary scientific prosperity,the philosophy of Malebranche has its enlightenment and ideological connotation.It requires us to seek answers in the reflection of history with the vision of development and the exploration attitude of the past.This thesis begins with the philosophical dualism view,traces back to the source of Descartes' physical and mental problems,and follows the door of universal suspicion,enters the philosophical original appearance of the Cartesian metaphysical system,and analyzes the Cartesian dualism thoughts and occasions.On the Relationship and Explain the Similarities and Differences between Descartes' Dualism and Causal Thoughts.Based on this,explore the inheritance and development of Cartesianism by Malebranche.In the main structure,it is divided into Malebranche' s causal theory and development under different philosophical thoughts.In terms of writing structure,the first is to divide Malebranche' s philosophical thoughts of Causal into the cognition of body and mind,the consciousness and material cognition,and the similarities and differences between Hume and Kant' s agnostic views.The second is to divide the causal theory under different philosophical thoughts into two levels,namely,causal theory and agnosticism,and the materialist dialectic speculation of causal theory.