John Cottingham (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to Descartes

Herausgeber: Cottingham, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Each volume contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars together with a substantial bibliography and will serve as a reference work for students and nonspecialists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9780521366960
• ISBN-10: 0521366968
• Artikelnr.: 21134767

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Chronology
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Descartes' life and the development of his philosophy Geneviève Rodis-Lewis
2. Descartes and scholasticism: the intellectual background to Descartes' thought Roger Ariew
3. The nature of abstract reasoning: philosophical aspects of Descartes' work in algebra Stephen Gaukroger
4. Cartesian metaphysics and the role of the simple natures Jean-Luc Marion
5. The Cogito and its importance Peter Markie
6. The idea of God and the proofs of his existence Jean-Marie Beyssade
7. The Cartesian circle Louis E. Loeb
8. Cartesian dualism: theology, metaphysics, and science John Cottingham
9. Descartes' philosophy of science and the scientific revolution Desmond Clarke
10. Descartes' physics Daniel Garber
11. Descartes' physiology and its relation to his psychology Gary Hatfield
12. Descartes on thinking with the body Amélie Oksenberg Rorty
13. The reception of Descartes' philosophy Nicholas Jolley
Bibliography
Index.