Descartes /
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| Author / Creator: | Cottingham, John, 1943- |
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| Imprint: | New York : B. Blackwell, 1986. |
| Description: | viii, 171 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Descartes, René, -- 1596-1650 Descartes, René, -- 1596-1650. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/792596 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. Descartes' Life and Times:Descartes' Generation: 'science' and 'Philosophy' in the Seventeenth Century
- Scholasticism
- Descartes' Early Years
- Descartes' Later Years: The Major Publications
- 2. The Cartesian Method:Knowledge and Intuition
- The Role of Doubt in Descartes' Philosophy
- First Principles
- 3. From Self to God to Knowledge of the World:The Trademark Argument
- Coda: The Trademark Argument, Second Version
- The Ontological Argument
- The Avoidance of Error
- The Cartesian Circle
- The Role of God
- 4. The Material Universe:Our Knowledge of the World: The Intellect and the Senses
- Extended Substance
- Science, Mathematics and Mechanical Models
- Science and Religion
- 5. Cartesian Man:Men, Machines and Animals
- Res Cogitans
- Cartesian Dualism and its Problems
- Sensation and Imagination
- Cartesian 'trialism'
- 6. The Human Condition:Our Perception of the World and What it is Really Like
- Innate Ideas
- Freedom and Reason
- The Good Life
- Appendix: Descartes' Dreams
- References
- Index