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Descartes's method of doubt /
Descartes thought that we could achieve absolute certainty by starting with radical doubt. He adopts this strategy in the Meditations on First Philosophy, where he raises sweeping doubts with the famous dream argument and the hypothesis of an evil demon. But why did Descartes think we should take th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton Univ. Press,
©2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Descartes thought that we could achieve absolute certainty by starting with radical doubt. He adopts this strategy in the Meditations on First Philosophy, where he raises sweeping doubts with the famous dream argument and the hypothesis of an evil demon. But why did Descartes think we should take these exaggerated doubts seriously? And if we do take them seriously, how did he think any of our beliefs could ever escape them? Janet Broughton undertakes a close study of Descartes's first three meditations to answer these questions and to present a fresh way of understanding precisely what Descartes was up to. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 217 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400825042 1400825040 1400814049 9781400814046 1282087096 9781282087095 |