Baumgarten and the problem of obscure representations

Silva, Fernando M. F.

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Baumgarten and the problem of obscure representations

2020-01-25Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Silva, Fernando M. F.
dc.date.accessioned	2023-10-23T12:36:19Z
dc.date.available	2023-10-23T12:36:19Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-25
dc.description.abstract	Baumgarten is perhaps the first philosopher to approach the problem of the obscure representations of the soul aiming at discerning in them not obscurity or irrationality, rather a new clarity and hence a new perspective towards a better cognition of the human soul. The objective of this article is to verify how Baumgarten achieves this; namely, by understanding how the philosopher inscribes obscure representations, the “ground of the soul”, within empirical psychology, and hence within metaphysics, as a topic of an aesthetic order; by identifying that which, according to Baumgarten, is the problem inherent to obscure representations, between the necessary and the impossible exteriorization (chiaroscuro) of the latter, and to attempt to discern Baumgarten’s solution for this dilemma, which is to be found in the conscious-unconscious sfumato of poetry and is occasioned by the inherent poeticity of obscure representations themselves.	pt_PT
dc.description.abstract	Baumgarten será porventura o primeiro filósofo a abordar o problema das representações obscuras da alma tendo em vista nelas discernir algo que não obscuridade, ou irracionalidade, antes nova claridade e, portanto, uma nova perspectiva para o conhecimento da alma humana. O objectivo deste ensaio é verificar como Baumgarten faz isto; a saber, perceber como o filósofo institui as representações obscuras, “fundo da alma” humana, no seio da psicologia empírica, e portanto da metafísica, enquanto tópico de ordem estética; identificar aquele que, para Baumgarten, é o problema inerente às representações obscuras, entre a necessária e a impossível exteriorização (chiaroscuro) das mesmas, e procurar ver a solução baumgartneriana para este dilema, a qual se encontra num sfumato consciente-inconsciente próprio da poesia, e é suscitado pela própria poeticidade das representações obscuras.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	The project leading to this application has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Silva, F. M. F. (2020). Baumgarten and the problem of obscure representations. Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofia, (79), 101–116. https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.310851	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.310851	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	1130-0507
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10451/59932
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.relation	Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement ID: 777786	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://revistas.um.es/daimon/article/view/310851	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Baumgarten	pt_PT
dc.subject	Obscure representations	pt_PT
dc.subject	Aesthetics	pt_PT
dc.subject	Metaphysics	pt_PT
dc.subject	Poetry	pt_PT
dc.subject	Representações obscuras	pt_PT
dc.subject	Estética	pt_PT
dc.subject	Metafísica	pt_PT
dc.subject	Poesia	pt_PT
dc.title	Baumgarten and the problem of obscure representations	pt_PT
dc.title.alternative	Baumgarten e o problema das representações obscuras	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.endPage	116	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	101	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Daimon	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	79	pt_PT
person.familyName	Silva
person.givenName	Fernando Manuel Ferreira
person.identifier.ciencia-id	8F12-CB94-D325
person.identifier.orcid	0000-0002-9804-1622
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rcaap.rights	openAccess	pt_PT
rcaap.type	article	pt_PT
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