Routledge Guidebook to Descartes'' Meditations

List of contents

Preface Part I: Overview and Synopsis 1. Descartes’ Project 2. Reading the Meditations Part II: The Arguments of the Six Meditations 3. Withdrawing the mind from the senses 4. Discovering the nature of mind 5. Truth, God and the circle 6. Judgement, error, and freedom 7. Matter, God, and the circle again 8. The natural world and the mind-body relation Part III: Beyond the Meditations 9. The new science: physics, physiology, and the passions 10. Legacy and contribution Appendix: Arguments, demonstrations, and logical form

Summary

The Routledge Guidebook to Descartes’ Meditations introduces the major themes in Descartes’ great book and acts as a companion for reading this key work.

Product details

• Authors: Gary Hatfield, Hatfield Gary
• Assisted by: Anthony Gottlieb (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.07.2014
• EAN: 9780415672757
• ISBN: 978-0-415-67275-7
• No. of pages: 364
• Series: The Routledge Guides to the Great Books
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: Enlightenment