Margaret Cavendish, a 17th-century philosopher, scientist, poet, playwright, and novelist, went to battle with the great thinkers of her time, and in many cases arguably got the better of them, but she did not have the platform that she would have had in the 21st century. She to…
""Free will: mental energy that poofs into existence from scratch?"" In pairing key ideas from the history of philosophy with examples from everyday life and culture, David Cunning produces a clear, incisive and engaging introduction to philosophy. Everyday Examples explores his…
"Descartes' 'Meditations on First Philosophy' has proven to be not only one of the canonical texts of Western philosophy, but also the site of a great deal of interpretive activity in scholarship on the history of early modern philosophy over the last two decades. David Cunning'…
The problem of the first-person point of view -- Epistemic position and the First meditation -- Imagining mind and body -- The idea of a Supreme Being -- Truth and imprecision in the Fourth meditation -- Another proof of the existence of God -- Embodiment and mind-body union -- …
Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy' has proven to be not only one of the canonical texts of Western philosophy, but also the site of a great deal of interpretive activity in scholarship on the history of early modern philosophy over the last two decades. David Cunning's …