GAUKROGER STEPHEN

Descartes Meditations

Herausgeber: Gaukroger, Stephen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Blackwell Guide to Descartes' Meditations consists of twelve newly commissioned essays on one of the most influential and widely taught texts in the history of philosophy. The volume touches on all of the major themes of the Meditations, including the mind-body relation, the nature of the mind, and the existence of the material world. The volume also includes William Molyneux's famous early translation of the Meditations. Situating the Meditations' arguments in their philosophical and historical context, the essays in this volume constitute an ideal companion to Descartes' masterwork.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 707g
• ISBN-13: 9781405118750
• ISBN-10: 140511875X
• Artikelnr.: 21952740

Autorenporträt

Stephen Gaukroger is Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Sydney, and presently holds an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship. His works include Descartes: An Intellectual Biography (1995), Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-modern Philosophy (2001), and Descartes' System of Natural Philosophy (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors.

References to Descartes' Works.

Introduction.

Stephen Gaukroger.

1. The Meditations and the Objections and Replies: Roger Ariew(University of South Florida, Tampa).

2. Descartes and skepticism: Charles Larmore (University ofChicago).

3. The cogito and foundations of knowledge: Edwin Curley(University of Michigan).

4. The nature of the mind: Marleen Rozemond (University ofToronto).

5. The doctrine of substance: Jorge Secada (University ofVirginia).

6. The doctrine of ideas: Steven Nadler (University ofWisconsin).

7. Proofs for the existence of God: Lawrence Nolan (CaliforniaState University) and Alan Nelson (University of California -Irvine).

8. The Cartesian circle: Gary Hatfield (University ofPennsylvania).

9. Judgement and will: Michael Della Rocca (YaleUniversity).

10. Descartes' proof of the existence of matter: DesmondClarke (University College Cork).

11. The mind-body relation: John Cottingham (ReadingUniversity).

12. Seventeenth-century responses to the Meditations: TadSchmaltz (Duke University).

Appendix: Descartes' Metaphysical Meditations, trans.William Molyneux (1680).

References.

Index

Rezensionen

"Acute yet bereft of jargon, scholarly yet footnote-free,imaginative yet keenly focused - Descartes could not havedreamt of a more attractive Guide." André Gombay,University of Toronto

"Stephen Gaukroger has assembled a splendid collection ofessays written by some of the best scholars in the field. It helpsthe reader navigate from Descartes' predecessors, through theMeditations, and on to the later reception of this seminaltext. As an extra bonus the volume includes an importantseventeenth-century English translation of Descartes' text.This volume will be used with profit by students of Descartes atevery level." Daniel Garber, Princeton University