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Demons, dreamers, and madmen : the defense of reason in Descartes's Meditations /
In this classic work, best-selling author Harry Frankfurt provides a compelling analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes's Meditations, but also constitutes the central preoccupation of modern philosophy: on what basis can reason claim to provide any justification f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2008.
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| Edición: | First Princeton edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In this classic work, best-selling author Harry Frankfurt provides a compelling analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes's Meditations, but also constitutes the central preoccupation of modern philosophy: on what basis can reason claim to provide any justification for the truth of our beliefs? Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen provides an ingenious account of Descartes's defense of reason against his own famously skeptical doubts that he might be a madman, dreaming, or, worse yet, deceived by an evil demon into believing falsely. Frankfurt's masterful and imaginative rea. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1970. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400828180 140082818X 1282086723 9781282086722 1282935526 9781282935525 9786612935527 6612935529 9786612086724 6612086726 |