The Cambridge companion to Descartes / edited by John Cottingham.

Date:
1992
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Physical description

xii, 441 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographic references (p. 424-438) and index

Contents

Descartes' life and the development of his philosophy / Geneviève Rodis-Lewis -- Descartes and scholasticism : the intellectual background to Descartes' thought / Roger Ariew -- The nature of abstract reasoning : philosophical aspects of Descartes' work in algebra / Stephen Gaukroger -- Cartesian metaphysics and the role of the simple natures / Jean-Luc Marion -- The Cogito and its importance / Peter Markie -- The idea of God and the proofs of his existence / Jean-Marie Beyssade -- The Cartesian circle / Louis E. Loeb -- Cartesian Dualism : theology, metaphysics, and science / John Cottingham -- Descartes' philosophy of science and the scientific revolution / Desmond Clarke -- Descartes' physics / Daniel Garber -- Descartes' physiology and its relation to his psychology / Gary Hatfield -- Descartes on thinking with the body / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty -- The reception of Descartes' philosophy / Nicholas Jolley.

Notes

Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Dillons

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  • 0521366232
  • 0521366968