The idea of God or the path of truth in Metaphysical Meditations, by Descartes

• Grant number: 12/21544-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2013
• End date: July 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: Franklin Leopoldo e Silva
• Grantee: Guilherme Diniz da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de São Bento. Mosteiro de São Bento de São Paulo (MSBSP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The present project deals with the cartesian notion of God expressed by a "path of truth" present mainly in Metaphysical Meditations. The problem that we aim to investigate refers to the impossibility of knowing the divine essence and implication with the universal guarantee of truth, namely, how can we say that God is the universal guarantee of truth without it being possible to know its nature?(AU)