Richard Davies

Descartes

Belief, Scepticism and Virtue

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Produktbeschreibung

An original reassessment of Descartes' work which reinserts it in its contemporary context. Explores the notion of intellectual virtue in Descartes' inquiry and argues for a new approach to Descartes' ideas of scepticism and the sciences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781138010178
• ISBN-10: 1138010170
• Artikelnr.: 39712407

Autorenporträt

Richard Davies is Professor of the History of Philosophy at the University of Bergamo, Italy

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Motivation, The plot, References PART I Structures 1
Intellectual virtues PART II Excess 2 Reason and virtue in the Passions 4
The control of credulity 5 Reason, assent and eternal truth PART III Defect
6 The modes of scepticism 7 The form of scepticism PART IV The mean 8 Tota
methodus 9 Rectitude and science 10 What rectitude permits11 What rectitude
forbids, Afterword