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Informationen zum Autor Educated at University of London (BA, 1974) and University of Cambridge (PhD, 1977). Currently Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Sydney. Previous Books include: Explanatory Structures (1978), Descartes: Philosophy, Mathematics and Physics (1980), Cartesian Logic (1989), Descartes, An Intellectual Biography (1995), Descartes: The World and Other Writings (Cambridge University Press, 1998), The Soft Underbelly of Reason (1998), Descartes' System of Natural Philosophy (2000) and Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early Modern Philosophy (2001). Klappentext This is the first comprehensive examination of Descartes' complete philosophical system. Zusammenfassung Towards the end of his life! Descartes published the first four parts of a projected six-part work! The Principles of Philosophy. This was intended to be the definitive statement of his complete system of philosophy. In this book! Gaukroger examines the whole system! and reconstructs the last two parts from Descartes' other writings. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Before the Principia; 2. The scholastic textbook tradition; 3. Part I: the principles of knowledge; 4. Part II: the principles of material objects; 5. Part III: the visible universe; 6. Part IV: the earth; 7. Part V: living things; 8. Part VI: man.
