Cambridge Companion to Descartes

Name: Cambridge Companion to Descartes
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ISBN: 9780521366960

ISBN-10: 0521366968

ISBN-13: 9780521366960

Edition: 1992

Authors: John G. Cottingham

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Descartes occupies a position of piviotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes' extraordinary philosophical achievement. His life and the development of his thought, as well as the intellectual background to and reception of his work are treated at length. At the core of the volume are a group of chapters on his metaphysics: the celebrated "Cogito" argument, the proofs of God's existence, the "Cartesian circle" and the dualistic theory of the mind and its relation to his…

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List price: $41.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/25/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 5.83" wide x 8.94" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



List of contributors


Chronology


Abbreviations


Introduction



Descartesï¿½ life and the development of his philosophy Geneviï¿½ve




Descartes and scholasticism: the intellectual background to Descartesï¿½ thought




The nature of abstract reasoning: philosophical aspects of Descartesï¿½ work in algebra




Cartesian metaphysics and the role of the simple natures




The Cogito and its importance




The idea of God and the proofs of his existence




The Cartesian circle




Cartesian dualism: theology, metaphysics, and science




Descartesï¿½ philosophy of science and the scientific revolution




Descartesï¿½ physics




Descartesï¿½ physiology and its relation to his psychology




Descartes on thinking with the body Amï¿½lie




The reception of Descartesï¿½ philosophy



Bibliography


Index