Abstract

CARDOZO BELTRAN, Arturo Alberto. L'imaginaire and the Sartrean discovery. Estud.filos [online]. 2023, n.67, pp.149-165.  Epub Jan 25, 2023. ISSN 0121-3628.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ef.349802.

From the first books published by Jean Paul Sartre, it is possible to observe the criticism that the French author makes of the metaphysical tradition of the West, directed specifically at philosophers of modernity. For example, L'imagination and L'Imaginaire are two texts dedicated to questioning “the great metaphysical systems”. Furthermore, in these early investigations, Sartre discovers a principle that would allow him to elaborate his work Being and nothingness. What is this principle? The main objective of this essay is to determine this principle is and its importance in the elaboration of Being and nothingness. In order to achieve this purpose, I will analyze Sartre's criticism of modern philosophers (Descartes and Hume) and his proposal to overcome what Sartre himself calls: the “naive metaphysics of the image” (1978, p. 9), which is nothing more than the fact of reifying the image.

Keywords : image; metaphysics; Sartre; negativity; dualism.

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