Andrea Christofidou

Self, Reason, and Freedom

A New Light on Descartes' Metaphysics

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Produktbeschreibung

This book sheds new light on the role of freedom in Descartes' thought and defends the theory of an internal relation between freedom and reason in his metaphysics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138283060
• ISBN-10: 1138283061
• Artikelnr.: 50439260

Autorenporträt

Andrea Christofidou is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Keble College, and Lecturer in Philosophy at Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Methodic doubt and the abyss of scepticism 2. The first
certainty 3. Sum res cogitans 4. Thought and reality 5. God's existence:
The argument from clear and distinct ideas 6. Understanding, error, and the
will 7. Freedom, truth, and goodness 8. The metaphysics of corporeality and
God's existence: The argument from God's essence 9. The existence of the
corporeal world and the metaphysics of substance 10. The real distinction
and the absolute conception of reality 11. Conclusion. Index