The Cartesian Mind

Travis Tanner editor Cecilia Wee editor Jorge Secada editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Publishing:20th Aug '25

£230.00

This title is due to be published on 20th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Cartesian Mind cover

Descartes is widely acknowledged as a central figure in the origins of modernity. The nature of his thought and of the role it played is, however, a matter of considerable dispute among experts. The Cartesian Mind is a significant contribution to this debate. It covers the full extent of his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its reception, legacy, and contemporary significance.

Comprising over forty chapters by an international team of distinguished scholars, the collection is divided into three parts:

  • Historical Context
  • Philosophical Themes
  • Reception and Influence.

Within these sections, key topics are addressed, including Descartes’ life and works, Platonism, Scholasticism, Stoicism, skepticism, atomism, meditation, method, the self, God, will and freedom, mind and body, biology and medicine, causation, mathematics, the natural sciences, philosophy of science, ethics, and the origins of idealism. Descartes’s reception and legacy within science and philosophy from the seventeenth century to our days, including current analytic and continental traditions, as well as within the broader contemporary culture, also receive sustained attention.

Descartes’ work is central to all areas of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and ethics. As such The Cartesian Mind is essential reading and an indispensable tool for all students and researchers in the discipline.

ISBN: 9781138847422

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

640 pages