Le défi moral de l’empirisme moderne : Scudéry et ses caméléons

Recent Historiography presents the debate on chameleons between Perrault and Scudéry as a static opposition between two epistemologies: a mechanistic empiricism versus an empiricism that is a priori moral and, therefore, more respectful of the integrity of its object. This article aims to show that...

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Autor Principal: Antoine-Mahut, Delphine
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Français
Publicado: 2024
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Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:Recent Historiography presents the debate on chameleons between Perrault and Scudéry as a static opposition between two epistemologies: a mechanistic empiricism versus an empiricism that is a priori moral and, therefore, more respectful of the integrity of its object. This article aims to show that it is, on the contrary, Scudéry’s rigourous empiricism that underpins its morality. By reinvesting two essential criteria of this empiricism, “preparation” and “variation”, and by discussing the resulting etiology, Scudéry shows, on the same ground as Perrault, (1) that the latter does not make consistent use of the epistemological principles on which there is consensus in the learned community he represents, and (2) why she can, in her own words, “challenge” him.