The Cambridge Companion to Descartes

Forsideomslag
John Cottingham
Cambridge University Press, 25. sep. 1992 - 441 sider
Descartes occupies a position of piviotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes' extraordinary philosophical achievement. His life and the development of his thought, as well as the intellectual background to and reception of his work are treated at length. At the core of the volume are a group of chapters on his metaphysics: the celebrated "Cogito" argument, the proofs of God's existence, the "Cartesian circle" and the dualistic theory of the mind and its relation to his theological and scientific views. Other chapters cover the philosophical implications of his work in algebra, his place in the 17th century scientific revolution, the structure of his physics, and his work on physiology and psychology.
 

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Descartes life and the development of his philosophy
21
Descartes and scholasticism the intellectual background to Descartes thought
58
The nature of abstract reasoning philosophical aspects of Descartes work in algebra
91
Cartesian metaphysics and the role of the simple natures
115
The Cogito and its importance
140
The idea of God and the proofs of his existence
174
The Cartesian circle
200
Cartesian dualism theology metaphysics and science
236
Descartes philosophy of science and the scientific revolution
258
Descartes physics
286
Descartes physiology and its relation to his psychology
335
Descartes on thinking with the body
371
The reception of Descartes philosophy
393
Bibliography
424
Index
439
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