Descartes's Changing Mind /
Descartes's works are often treated as a unified, unchanging whole. But in Descartes's Changing Mind, Peter Machamer and J.E. McGuire argue that the philosopher's views, particularly in natural philosophy, actually change radically between his early and later works--and that any inter...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2009.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | Descartes's works are often treated as a unified, unchanging whole. But in Descartes's Changing Mind, Peter Machamer and J.E. McGuire argue that the philosopher's views, particularly in natural philosophy, actually change radically between his early and later works--and that any interpretation of Descartes must take account of these changes. The first comprehensive study of the most significant of these shifts, this book also provides a new picture of the development of Cartesian science, epistemology, and metaphysics. No changes in Descartes's thought are more significant than those that occ. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (288 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781400830435 |