Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen : The Defense of Reason in Descartes's Meditations /

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Frankfurt, Harry G., 1929- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Édition:First Princeton edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Descartes, Rene > Meditationes de prima philosophia.
Descartes, Rene, > 1596-1650. > Meditationes de prima philosophia.
Meditationes de prima philosophia (Descartes, Rene)
Rechtfertigung > Philosophie
Reason.
First philosophy.
Metaphysics.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
metaphysics.
reason.
Metaphysique.
Raison.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Part One: The First Meditation
  • Introduction
  • The general overthrow of belief
  • The criterion of doubt
  • The perception of the physical world
  • The strategy of the first meditation
  • Simple and universal things
  • Mathematics in the first meditation
  • Mathematics and the omnipotent deceiver
  • Demons, dreamers, and madmen
  • Part Two: Reason and Its Validation
  • Sum
  • Sum res cogitans
  • Clear and distinct perception
  • Objections to Descartes's rule of evidence
  • Memory and doubt
  • The validation of reason
  • Truth and reality: the Galileo controversy.

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