Descartes' Meditations

A Critical Guide
Herausgeber: Detlefsen, Karen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides new insights into understanding Descartes' philosophy of mind, especially the role and significance of the senses and emotions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9780521111607
• ISBN-10: 0521111609
• Artikelnr.: 36137438

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. Skepticism: 1. The skepticism of the first meditation
Thomas M. Lennon and Michael W. Hickson; 2. Descartes and content
skepticism Deborah Brown; Part II. Substance and Cause: 3. Descartes
against the materialists: how Descartes' confrontation with materialism
shaped his metaphysics Daniel Garber; 4. Thinking: the nature of Descartes'
mental substance Martha Brandt Bolton; 5. Causation and causal axioms Tad
M. Schmaltz; Part III. Sensations: 6. Sensation and knowledge of body in
Descartes' Meditations John Carriero; 7. Descartes on sensory
representation, objective reality, and material falsity Gary Hatfield; Part
IV. The Human Being: 8. Teleology and natures in Descartes' sixth
meditation Karen Detlefsen; 9. The role of will in Descartes' Account of
Judgment Lilli Alanen; 10. God and meditation in Descartes' Meditations on
First Philosophy Jorge Secada; 11. Cartesian selves Lisa Shapiro.