Material Falsity and Error in Descartes'' Meditations

Informationen zum Autor Cecilia Wee Klappentext Presenting an independent reading on issues of interest, such as Descartes' view on error, truth and falsehood, this book makes important contributions to topics that have been the focus of recent scholarship, such as Descartes' ethics and theodicy. Zusammenfassung Presenting an independent reading on issues of interest, such as Descartes' view on error, truth and falsehood, this book makes important contributions to topics that have been the focus of recent scholarship, such as Descartes' ethics and theodicy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. An Introduction to Descartes’s Materially False Ideas 2. ‘Static’ Interpretations of Materially False Ideas – A Survey 3. A ‘Dynamic’ Interpretation of Materially False Ideas 4. The Metaphysical Status of Material Falsity (and of Error) 5. Falsehood, Error and Ethics 6. Conclusion

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• Authors: Cecilia Wee, Cecilia Wee, Cecilia (National University of Singapore Wee, Wee Cecilia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2006
• EAN: 9780415349840
• ISBN: 978-0-415-34984-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy; Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day