Answer to Question #207978 in Philosophy for esk

Question

In what sense did cartesian philosophy consist of a ground on which Hobbesian contract theory could be beaten?

Answer 1

Cartesian philosophy is a type of rationalism, the knowledge resulting through reason from innate ideas. It is thus divergent to Hobbesian contract theory, which is based on enlightenment that is fundamentally a morally defensible agreement made among people through which organized society is conveyed into existence