Insight and Inference : Descartes's Founding Principle and Modern Philosophy /

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In this major re-examination of Descartes's founding principle, cogito, ergo sum, Murray Miles presents a portrait of Descartes as the Father of Modern Philosophy that is very different from the standard one. Viewing Descartes in both a historical and a systematic perspective, Miles presents a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Miles, Murray Lewis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Descartes, Rene
Descartes, Rene, > 1596-1650.
Descartes, Rene, > 1596-1650 > Et la metaphysique.
Metaphysik
Cogito ergo sum
Metaphysics.
First philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
metaphysics.
Metaphysique > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Metaphysique.
Metaphysics
Metaphysics > History > 17th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The "Twin Pillars" of Cartesianism. 2. Scholastic-Aristotelian Metaphysics. 3. Cartesian Metaphysics. 4. The New Order of Knowing. 5. Synopsis
  • pt. 1. Thought and Consciousness. 6. Descartes's Definition of 'Thought'. 7. Thought, Consciousness, and 'the Cogito'. 8. The Structure of Thought. 9. Pure and Empirical Thought
  • pt. 2. Certainty and Truth. 10. The Degrees of Certainty. 11. The Kinds of Certainty. 12. The Modalities of Truth. 13. Truth and Correspondence. 14. Certainty and Circularity
  • pt. 3. Reflexion and Inference. 15. Consciousness, Thought, and Reflexion. 16. Idea and Object. 17. The Inferential Import of the Ergo. 18. Reflexion and Innateness. 19. The Model of the Mind. 20. Experience and Induction.

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