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Rene Descartes (1596-1650) had a short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured. This book shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sorell, Tom
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Colección:Very short introductions ; 30.
Temas:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650 > Criticism and interpretation.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650
1600-1699
Science > Philosophy > History > 17th century.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Science > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Matter and Metaphysics
  • The discovery of a vocation
  • One science one method
  • 'Absolutes', simple natures, and problems
  • Roaming about in the world
  • Paris
  • The suppressed physics
  • Three specimens of a method
  • A new 'logic'
  • The need for metaphysics
  • The meditations
  • Doubt without scepticism?
  • The theologians and the God of physics
  • Ideas
  • The mind
  • Body
  • The physics made public
  • The 'other science'
  • Last days
  • Descartes's ghost
  • Further readings
  • Index.

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