A companion to Descartes
by Broughton, Janet Carriero, John Peter
A collection of specially commissioned essays, this volume surveys the work of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist commonly regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, while integrating unique essays detailing the context and impact of his work. Covers the full range of historical and philosophical perspectives on the work of Descartes. Discusses his seminal contributions to our understanding of skepticism, mind-body dualism, self-knowledge, innate ideas, substance, causality, God, and the…
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- Full title :A companion to Descartes / edited by Janet Broughton and John Carriero.
Summary
A collection of specially commissioned essays, this volume surveys the work of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist commonly regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, while integrating unique essays detailing the context and impact of his work. Covers the full range of historical and philosophical perspectives on the work of Descartes. Discusses his seminal contributions to our understanding of skepticism, mind-body dualism, self-knowledge, innate ideas, substance, causality, God, and the nature of animals. Explores the philosophical significance of his contributions to mathematics and science. Concludes with a section on the impact of Descartes's work on subsequent philosophers.
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- Publication Date:2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Blackwell Pub
- Place of Publication:Malden, MA
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvi, 542 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780470696439, 0470696435, 9781405121545, 1405121548, 9780470765845, 0470765844, 9781405177252, 140517725X, 9781281069115, 1281069116
- DOI:10.1002/9780470696439
- oclc:ocn232611544
- LC Classification:B1873
- Dewey Decimal:194
Table of Contents
Life and works / Stephen Gaukroger -- Aristotelian natural philosophy : body, cause, nature / Dennis Des Chenes -- Descartes and Augustine / Catherine Wilson -- Descartes and the legacy of ancient skepticism / Casey Perin -- Descartes and Galileo : Copernicanism and the metaphysical foundations of physics / Michael Friedman -- Explanation as confirmation in Descartes's natural philosophy / Ernan McMullin -- Descartes and mathematics / Paolo Mancosu -- Descartes's optics : light, the eye, and visual perception / Margaret J. Osler -- Descartes's method / Murray Miles -- Descartes's use of doubt / David Owens -- Self-knowledge / Janet Broughton -- Descartes on true and false ideas / Deborah J. Brown -- Clear and distinct perception / Sarah Patterson -- Causation without intelligibility and causation without God in Descartes / Michael Della Rocca -- Descartes on substance / Vere Chappell -- Descartes and the metaphysics of extension / C.G. Normore -- The role of God in Descartes's philosophy / John Cottingham -- The cartesian circle and the foundations of knowledge / John Carriero -- Cartesian innateness / Alan Nelson -- Descartes on the will and judgment / Lex Newman -- Omnipotence, …
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