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The evil demon, also known as Descartes' demon, malicious demon and evil genius, is an epistemological concept that features prominently in Cartesian philosophy. In the first of his 1641 Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes imagines that an evil demon, of "utmost power and cunning has employed all his energies in order to deceive me." This evil demon is imagined to present a complete illusion of an external world, so that Descartes can say, "I shall think that the sky, the air, the earth, colours, shapes, sounds and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgement. I shall consider myself as not having hands or eyes, or flesh, or blood or senses, but as falsely believing that I have all these things."

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  • Hipòtesi del geni maligne (ca)
  • Genius malignus (de)
  • Κακός δαίμων (el)
  • Hipótesis del genio maligno (es)
  • Evil demon (en)
  • Genio maligno (it)
  • Malin génie (fr)
  • Gênio maligno (pt)
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  • Le Malin génie est une hypothèse sceptique formulée par Descartes dans ses Méditations métaphysiques. (fr)
  • Il Genio maligno è l'estremizzazione limite del "dubbio metodico", un'ipotesi che Cartesio chiama "dubbio iperbolico". Un dubbio, cioè che, come la figura retorica dell'iperbole è un'ipotesi esagerata, eccessiva ma che anche, come la figura geometrica dell'iperbole, viene esteso all'infinito così che sia possibile dubitare di tutto. (it)
  • O génio (português europeu) ou gênio (português brasileiro) maligno é 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 génio maligno como um ente que coloca na cabeça dele, Descartes, pensamentos bastante evidentes, contudo, falsos. O génio maligno estaria continuamente a trabalhar para criar ilusões. (pt)
  • La hipòtesi del geni maligne és un recurs argumentatiu proposat per René Descartes a les Meditacions Metafísiques. Amb ella, Descartes culmina el dubte metòdic, que adquireix així la màxima radicalitat. Pel que fa a la paraula "geni" ens diu Descartes que podríem anomenar així al Déu que potser ens ha fet d'aquesta manera tan fal·lible per a no confondre'l amb el Déu cristià, del qual es predica sempre la bondat. (ca)
  • 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. (el)
  • Der Genius malignus (lat. „böser Geist“) ist in der Philosophie René Descartes’ eine gedankliche Figur, die zur Entstehung des neuzeitlichen Skeptizismus führte. In der ersten der Meditationes de prima philosophia (1641) entwickelte Descartes die Annahme, ein Genius malignus bringe ihn dazu, zu glauben, er besitze wohl Sinnesorgane, mit denen er die res extensa der Außenwelt wahrnehmen könne. Schließt man aufgrund dessen die Möglichkeit nicht aus, dass Erkenntnisse keine Abbildungen von Wirklichkeit, sondern Täuschungen sind, so entsteht daraus ein Skeptizismus über das Wissen von der Außenwelt. (de)
  • The evil demon, also known as Descartes' demon, malicious demon and evil genius, is an epistemological concept that features prominently in Cartesian philosophy. In the first of his 1641 Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes imagines that an evil demon, of "utmost power and cunning has employed all his energies in order to deceive me." This evil demon is imagined to present a complete illusion of an external world, so that Descartes can say, "I shall think that the sky, the air, the earth, colours, shapes, sounds and all external things are merely the delusions of dreams which he has devised to ensnare my judgement. I shall consider myself as not having hands or eyes, or flesh, or blood or senses, but as falsely believing that I have all these things." (en)
  • 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. En cuanto a la palabra "genio" nos dice Descartes que podríamos llamar así al Dios que tal vez nos ha hecho de ese modo tan falible para no confundirlo con el Dios cristiano, del cual se predica siempre la bondad. No obstante, tal vez Descartes con esta hipótesis quiere demostrar que todo esto es un engaño, excepto que pensamos que no lo es. (es)
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