DESCARTES

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Produktbeschreibung

In this new introduction to the life, thought and works of one of the greatest seventeenth-century philosophers, John Cottingham aims to place Descartes' ideas in their historical context while at the same time showing how they relate to a network of philosophical problems that are still vigorously debated today. Separate chapters are devoted to Descartes' life and the intellectual climate of his times; the Cartesian method; the reconstruction of knowledge from self to God and to the external world; Descartes' theory of the material universe; his account of mind and body; and his psychology and theory of the will and passions. While doing justice to the complexities of Descartes' thought, the book presupposes no philosophical training, and all technical philosophical notions are explained in such a way as to be intelligible to the first-year student or general reader.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 273g
• ISBN-13: 9780631150466
• ISBN-10: 0631150463
• Artikelnr.: 13622243

Autorenporträt

John Cottingham is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. He is author of Rationalism (1994) and, in collaboration with R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, of a new two-volume translation of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes (1985).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

Abbreviations.

1. Descartes' Life and Times.

2. The Cartesian Method.

3. From Self to God to Knowledge of the World.

4. The Material Universe.

5. Cartesian Man.

6. The Human Condition.

Appendix: Descartes' Dreams.

References.

Index.

Rezensionen

"An excellent general book on philosophy ... a wonderfulintroduction to the subject for both the general reader and thebeginning student, and will be read with profit and pleasure bythose more seasoned in the discipline." D.W.D. Owen, TimesHigher Education Supplement

'A work that can be highly recommended as a most usefulintroduction to Descartes.' Pierre Watter, Times EducationalSupplement