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SIBILIA, Guillermo. Some Notes on the Question of Temporality in Descartes. Tópicos (México) [online]. 2024, n.68, pp.425-459.  Epub 08-Mar-2024. ISSN 0188-6649.  https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v680.2454.

The question of temporality pervades Descartes’s entire philosophy. It is relevant for the geometrization of physics that he proposes to carry out, as well as in the very argumentative logic that sets in motion the Cartesian methodical doubt. However, Descartes is often ambiguous in his use of the terms “duration”, “time” and “eternity”. This article studies the ontological status of these concepts and questions the role they play in Descartes’s philosophy, especially in relation to physics, whose foundation Descartes intends to place in metaphysics.

Palavras-chave : physics; temporality; discontinuity; instant.