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A Companion to Descartes

ISBN: 9781444337846 | 144433784X
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 11/8/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
A collection of more than 30 specially commissioned essays, this volume surveys the work of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist commonly regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, while integrating unique essays detailing the context and impact of his work. Covers the full range of historical and philosophical perspectives on the work of Descartes Discusses his seminal contributions to our understanding of skepticism, mind-body dualism, self-knowledge, innate ideas, substance, causality, God, and the nature of animals Explores the philoso... MORE
Notes on Contributorsp. x
List of Abbreviationsp. xiv
Introductionp. xv
The Intellectual Contextp. 1
Life and Worksp. 3
Aristotelian Natural Philosophy: Body, Cause, Naturep. 17
Descartes and Augustinep. 33
Descartes and the Legacy of Ancient Skepticismp. 52
Mathematics and Natural Philosophyp. 67
De... MOREp. 69
Explanation as Confirmation in Descartes's Natural Philosophyp. 84
Descartes and Mathematicsp. 103
Descartes's Optics: Light, the Eye, and Visual Perceptionp. 124
Epistemology and Metaphysicsp. 143
Descartes's Methodp. 145
Descartes's Use of Doubtp. 164
Self-Knowledgep. 179
Descartes on True and False Ideasp. 196
Clear and Distinct Perceptionp. 216
Causation Without Intelligibility and Causation Without God in Descartesp. 235
Descartes on Substancep. 251
Descartes and the Metaphysics of Extensionp. 271
The Role of God in Descartes's Philosophyp. 288
The Cartesian Circle and the Foundations of Knowledgep. 302
Cartesian Innatenessp. 319
Descartes on the Will in Judgmentp. 334
Omnipotence, Modality, and Conceivabilityp. 353
Descartes's Dualismp. 372
The Union and Interaction of Mind and Bodyp. 390
Animalsp. 404
How to Engineer a Human Being: Passions and Functional Explanation in Descartesp. 426
Descartes's Ethicsp. 445
Descartes's Legacyp. 465
Descartes's Legacy in the Seventeenth Century: Problems and Polemicp. 467
Contemporary Reactions to Descartes's Philosophy of Mindp. 482
Descartes and the Phenomenological Traditionp. 496
Our Debt to Descartesp. 513
Indexp. 526
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Janet Broughton is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Arts and. Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Descartes's Method of Doubt (2002). John Carriero is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published widely in early modern philosophy.


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