Beginner's Guide to Descartes's Meditations

Name: Beginner's Guide to Descartes's Meditations
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ISBN: 9781405158558

ISBN-10: 1405158557

ISBN-13: 9781405158558

Edition: 2008

Authors: Gareth Southwell

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Ren Descartes's Meditations on the First Philosophy is undeniably one of the most important works in Western philosophy. First published in 1641, it contains the bulk of Descartes's central philosophical opinions, making it an ideal introduction to the founding father of modern philosophy. A Beginner's Guide to Descartes's Meditations offers a concise and readable summary of the Meditations, geared toward students embarking on their studies (at A-level, or on undergraduate degree courses) and general readers. Well-illustrated with tables, diagrams, and images, it provides a clear explanation of the seventeenth century text's central themes, ideas, and terminology. The guide balances…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 158
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



List of Illustrations and Tables


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Background



Explanation and Summary of Main Arguments


Introduction



About the Things We May Doubt



Of the Nature of the Human Mind; and that it is Easier to Know than the Body



Of God; that He Exists



Of Truth and Error



Of the Essence of Material Things; and, Once More of God, that He Exists



Of the Existence of Material Things, and of the Real Distinction between the Soul and the Body of Man



Critical Themes


Introduction


Objections and Replies


Certainty and Doubt


Dualism


The Existence of God


Rationalism vs. Empiricism


Foundationalism and the Cartesian Circle


Notes



Overview of the Meditations



Selected Summaries of Objections and Replies


Glossary


Bibliography and Suggested Reading


Index