Descartes'' Meditations - A Critical Guide

Informationen zum Autor Karen Detlefsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. She has previously contributed articles to Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy, Perspectives on Science and Philosophy Compass. Klappentext This book provides new insights into understanding Descartes' philosophy of mind, especially the role and significance of the senses and emotions. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Skepticism: 1. The skepticism of the first meditation Thomas M. Lennon and Michael W. Hickson; 2. Descartes and content skepticism Deborah Brown; Part II. Substance and Cause: 3. Descartes against the materialists: how Descartes' confrontation with materialism shaped his metaphysics Daniel Garber; 4. Thinking: the nature of Descartes' mental substance Martha Brandt Bolton; 5. Causation and causal axioms Tad M. Schmaltz; Part III. Sensations: 6. Sensation and knowledge of body in Descartes' Meditations John Carriero; 7. Descartes on sensory representation, objective reality, and material falsity Gary Hatfield; Part IV. The Human Being: 8. Teleology and natures in Descartes' sixth meditation Karen Detlefsen; 9. The role of will in Descartes' Account of Judgment Lilli Alanen; 10. God and meditation in Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy Jorge Secada; 11. Cartesian selves Lisa Shapiro.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Detlefsen, Karen (University of Pennsylvania) Detlefsen
• Assisted by: Karen Detlefsen (Editor), Karen (University of Pennsylvania) Detlefsen (Editor), Detlefsen Karen (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521111607
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11160-7
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Cambridge Critical Guides
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, History of Western philosophy, Western philosophy: Enlightenment