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has glosseng: The evil daemon, sometimes referred to as the evil genius, is a concept in Cartesian philosophy. In his Meditations on First Philosophy, René Descartes hypothesises the existence of an evil daemon, a personification who is "as clever and deceitful as he is powerful, who has directed his entire effort to misleading me." The evil daemon presents a complete illusion of an external world, including other people, to Descartes senses, where in fact there is no such external world in existence. The evil genius also presents to Descartes senses a complete illusion of his own body, including all bodily sensations, where in fact Descartes has no body. Most Cartesian scholars opine that the evil daemon is also omnipotent, and thus capable of altering mathematics and the fundamentals of logic.
lexicalizationeng: Evil Daemon
instance ofc/Thought experiments in philosophy
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German
has glossdeu: Der Genius malignus (lat. „böser Geist“) ist in der Philosophie René Descartes’ eine gedankliche Figur, die zur Entstehung des neuzeitlichen Skeptizismus führte.
lexicalizationdeu: Genius malignus
Modern Greek (1453-)
has glossell: Ο κακός δαίμων είναι μία υπόθεση που διατύπωσε ο φιλόσοφος Ρενέ Ντεκάρτ. Ο Ντεκάρτ υπέθεσε πως ενδεχομένως να υπάρχει ένας δαίμων ο οποίος, λόγω της κακίας του, θέλει να μας εξαπατά και να μας αναγκάζει να ζούμε σε ένα κόσμο παραισθήσεων και ψευδαισθήσεων, όπου έχοuμε την εντύπωση πως ό,τι παρατηρούμε γύρω μας υπάρχει έτσι όπως το παρατηρούμε, ενώ στην πραγματικότητα κάτι τέτοιο δεν συμβαίνει.
lexicalizationell: Κακός δαίμων
French
has glossfra: Le Malin génie désigne une hypothèse sceptique formulée par Descartes dans ses Méditations métaphysiques.
lexicalizationfra: Malin genie
lexicalizationfra: malin génie
Portuguese
has glosspor: O gênio maligno foi uma metáfora usada pelo filósofo francês René Descartes para evidenciar que nenhum pensamento por si mesmo traz garantias de corresponder a algo do mundo. Anuncia o gênio maligno como um ente que coloca na cabeça dele, Descartes, pensamentos bastante evidentes, contudo, falsos. O gênio maligno estaria continuamente trabalhando para criar ilusões.
lexicalizationpor: gênio maligno
Castilian
has glossspa: La hipótesis del genio maligno es un recurso argumentativo propuesto por René Descartes en las Meditaciones metafísicas. Con él Descartes culmina la duda metódica, que adquiere así la máxima radicalidad.
lexicalizationspa: Hipotesis del genio maligno
lexicalizationspa: hipótesis del genio maligno

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