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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Studia Cartesiana
Author: Studia Leibnitiana
Author: Descartes Embodied
Author: Daniel GarberPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521789738
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A central theme unifying the essays in this volume on the work of Descartes is the interconnection between Descartes' philosophical and scientific interests, and the extent to which these two sides of the Cartesian programme illuminate each other.
Malebranche's Theory of the Soul
Author: Tad SchmaltzPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198026366
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
This book offers a provocative interpretation of the theory of the soul in the writings of the French Cartesian, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715). Though recent work on Malebranche's philosophy of mind has tended to emphasize his account of ideas, Schmaltz focuses rather on his rejection of Descartes' doctrine that the mind is better known than the body. In particular, he considers and defends Malebranche's argument that this rejection has a Cartesian basis. Schmaltz reveals that this argument not only provides a fresh perspective on Cartesianism but also is relevant to current debates in the philosophy of mind.
The A to Z of Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy
Author: Roger AriewPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 146167185X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The A to Z of Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy includes many entries on Descartes's writings, concepts, and findings. Since it is historical, there are other entries on those who supported him, those who criticized him, those who corrected him, and those who together formed one of the major movements in philosophy, Cartesianism. To better understand the period, the authors drew up a brief chronology, and to see how Descartes and Cartesianism fit into the general picture, they have written an introduction and a biography. Since everything cannot be summed up in one volume, a bibliography directs readers to numerous other sources on issues of particular interest.
Introduction to Scholastic Theology
Author: Ulrich G. LeinslePublisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 081321792X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
With this book, distinguished historian of philosophy Ulrich Leinsle offers the first comprehensive introduction to scholastic theology -- a textbook for both Protestant and Catholic students.
The Oxford Handbook of Descartes and Cartesianism
Author: Steven NadlerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192517201
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 843
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Descartes and Cartesianism comprises fifty specially written chapters on René Descartes (1596-1650) and Cartesianism, the dominant paradigm for philosophy and science in the seventeenth century, written by an international group of leading scholars of early modern philosophy. The first part focuses on the various aspects of Descartes's biography (including his background, intellectual contexts, writings, and correspondence) and philosophy, with chapters on his epistemology, method, metaphysics, physics, mathematics, moral philosophy, political thought, medical thought, and aesthetics. The chapters of the second part are devoted to the defense, development and modification of Descartes's ideas by later generations of Cartesian philosophers in France, the Netherlands, Italy, and elsewhere. The third and final part considers the opposition to Cartesian philosophy by other philosophers, as well as by civil, ecclesiastic, and academic authorities. This handbook provides an extensive overview of Cartesianism - its doctrines, its legacies and its fortunes - in the period based on the latest research.
Mind, Cognition and Representation
Author: Paul J.J.M. BakkerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351917471
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
How can beliefs, which are immaterial, be about things? How can the body be the seat of thought? This book traces the historical roots of the cognitive sciences and examines pre-modern conceptualizations of the mind as presented and discussed in the tradition of commentaries on Aristotle's De anima from 1200 until 1650. It explores medieval and Renaissance views on questions which nowadays would be classified under the philosophy of mind, that is, questions regarding the identity and nature of the mind and its cognitive relation to the material world. In exploring the development of scholastic ideas, concepts, arguments, and theories in the tradition of commentaries on De anima, and their relation to modern philosophy, this book dissolves the traditional periodization into Middle Ages, Renaissance and early modern times. By placing key issues in their philosophico-historical context, not only is due attention paid to Aristotle's own views, but also to those of hitherto little-studied medieval and Renaissance commentators.
A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy
Author: Steven NadlerPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470998830
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
This is a reference for early modern philosophy. Representing the most contemporary research in the history of early modern philosophy, it is organized by thinker rather than theme, and covers every important philosopher and philosophical movement of 16th- and 18th-century Europe.
The Plain Truth
Author: Thomas M. LennonPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004171150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This historical study of Pierre-Daniel Hueta (TM)s "Censura philosophiae cartesiana" (1689) and the controversy surrounding it, shows that there are good answers to the perennial standard criticisms of Descartesa (TM)s philosophy: the method of doubt, the cogito, proofs of Goda (TM)s existence, etc.