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The Cambridge companion to Descartes /

Descartes occupies a position of piviotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes�...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:B1873 C2.5
Other Authors: Cottingham, John, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Series:Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Descartes' life and the development of his philosophy / Geneviève Rodis-Lewis
  • 2. Descartes and scholasticism: the intellectual background to Descartes' thought / Roger Ariew
  • 3. The nature of abstract reasoning: philosophical aspects of Descartes' work in algebra / Stephen Gaukroger
  • 4. Cartesian metaphysics and the role of the simple natures / Jean-Luc Marion
  • 5. The Cogito and its importance / Peter Markie
  • 6. The idea of God and the proofs of his existence / Jean-Marie Beyssade
  • 7. The Cartesian circle /Louis E. Loeb
  • 8. Cartesian dualism: theology, metaphysics and science / ohn Cottingham
  • 9. Descartes' philosophy of science and the scientific revolution/ Desmond Clarke
  • 10. Descartes' physics/ Daniel Garber
  • 11. Descartes' physiology and its relation to his psychology/ Gary Hatfield
  • 12. Descartes on thinking with the body / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty; 13. The reception of Descartes' philosophy/ Nicholas Jolley.