James Griffith

Fable, Method, and Imagination in Descartes (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

What role do fables play in Cartesian method and psychology? By looking at Descartes' use of fables, James Griffith suggests there is a fabular logic that runs to the heart of Descartes' philosophy. First focusing on The World and the Discourse on Method, this volume shows that by writing in fable form, Descartes allowed his readers to break from Scholastic methods of philosophizing. With this fable-structure or -logic in mind, the book reexamines the relationship between analysis, synthesis, and inexact sciences; between metaphysics and ethico-political life; and between the imagination, the will, and the passions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 213
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319702384
• Artikelnr.: 52934974

Autorenporträt

James Griffith is Assistant Professor of Political Thought and Philosophy at Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts, Slovakia

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 2. The Fable in The World and the Discourse.- 3. Fable-structure or -logic.- 4. Method.- 5. Imagination.- 6. Conclusion.