Stephen Mumford

Glimpse of Light (eBook, PDF)

New Meditations on First Philosophy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds . . . But all around me were challenges. . . . How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us?

Philosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exile, far away in the north of Norway. From his cabin, he begins his meditations, pondering the mysteries of philosophy in the dark Arctic winter.

Pride, a whale, love and lust, the Huldra, God and a chain of causes all interrupt Benedict's solitude. Could they prove his salvation?

In six days approaching the return of the light, Benedict discovers a basis for certainty and tries his best to convince his hosts. Through doubts, questions and reasoning, Chilwell inadvertently follows in Descartes' footsteps. Will he be killed by the cold too; or will the warmth of Plato's sun save him in time?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474279505
• Artikelnr.: 47995173

Autorenporträt

Stephen Mumford is Professor of Metaphysics at Durham University, UK and Visiting Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norwary. He is the author of Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction (2012) and Causation: A Very Short Introduction (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

First Meditation
Second Meditation
Third Meditation
Fourth Meditation
Fifth Meditation
Sixth Meditation
Objections and Replies