Stephen I. Wagner

Squaring the Circle in Descartes' Meditations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing an innovative reading of Descartes' Meditations, this book resolves the classic problem of the Cartesian Circle.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781107072060
• ISBN-10: 1107072069
• Artikelnr.: 40602974

Autorenporträt

Stephen I. Wagner is Professor of Philosophy at Saint John's University and the College of St Benedict, Minnesota. He has published articles on Descartes and early modern philosophy in journals, including History of Philosophy Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A proposal for achieving the strong validation of reason
2. The experiential method of demonstration
3. Meditation I - experiencing the causal power of the imagination
4. Meditation II - experiencing the causal power of the intellect
5. Meditation III - experiencing the causal power of God
6. Meditation IV - eliminating error
7. Meditation V - establishing the structure of science
8. Conclusion.