Richard Davies

Descartes (eBook, PDF)

Belief, Scepticism and Virtue

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Davies explores neglected areas of Descartes' philosophy, such as his thoughts on virtue, and questions whether or not this will call for a reassessment of Descartes' role in western philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134530571
• Artikelnr.: 43071851

Autorenporträt

Richard Davies is Professor of the History of Philosophy at the University of Bergamo, Italy

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Motivation, The plot, References PART I Structures 1
Intellectual virtues PART II Excess 2 Reason and virtue in the Passions 4
The control of credulity 5 Reason, assent and eternal truth PART III Defect
6 The modes of scepticism 7 The form of scepticism PART IV The mean 8 Tota
methodus 9 Rectitude and science 10 What rectitude permits11 What rectitude
forbids, Afterword