Descartes' Meditations

A Critical Guide

Karen Detlefsen editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:6th Nov '14

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This book provides new insights into understanding Descartes' philosophy of mind, especially the role and significance of the senses and emotions.

Descartes' Meditations, one of the most influential works in western philosophy, continues to provoke discussion and debate. These essays by leading established and emerging early modern scholars examine a range of central and less-studied topics in the Meditations.Descartes' Meditations, one of the most influential works in western philosophy, continues to provoke discussion and debate. This volume of original essays by leading established and emerging early modern scholars ranges over all six of the Meditations and explores issues such as scepticism, judgement, causation, the nature of meditation and the meditator's relation to God, the nature of personhood, Descartes' theory of sense perception and his ideas on the nature of substance. The contributors bring new insights to both central and less-studied topics in the Meditations, and connect the work with the rich historical and intellectual context in which Descartes forged his thought. The resulting volume will appeal to a wide range of scholars of early modern thought.

ISBN: 9781107463172

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm

Weight: 380g

278 pages