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Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Academic Resources Corp
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : First philosophy
ISBN : 0882061046
Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0300067739
Descartes' ideas not only changed the course of Western philosophy but also led to or transformed the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, physics and mathematics, political theory and ethics, psychoanalysis, and literature and the arts. This book reprints Descartes' major works, Discourse on Method and Meditations, and presents essays by leading scholars that explore his contributions in each of those fields and place his ideas in the context of his time and our own. There are chapters by David Weissman on metaphysics and psychoanalysis, John Post on epistemology, Lou Massa on physics and mathematics, William T. Bluhm on politics and ethics, and Thomas Pavel on literature and art. These essays are accompanied by others by David Weissman and by Stephen Toulmin that introduce the idea of intellectual lineages, discuss the period in which Descartes wrote, and reexamine the premises of his philosophy in light of contemporary philosophical, political, and social thinking.
Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781107059207
This is an updated edition of John Cottingham's acclaimed translation of Descartes's philosophical masterpiece, including an abridgement of Descartes's Objections and Replies.
Author : Andreas Vrahimis
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351352475
René Descartes’s 1641 Meditations on First Philosophy is a cornerstone of the history of western thought. One of the most important philosophical texts ever written, it is also a masterclass in the art of critical thinking – specifically when it comes to reasoning and interpretation. Descartes sought to do nothing less than create a new foundation for the pursuit of knowledge – whether philosophical, scientific, or theological. To that end, he laid out a systematic programme that reinterpreted prior definitions of knowledge, and reasoned out a systematic means of obtaining, verifying, and building on existing human knowledge. To this end, Descartes created a definition of true knowledge as that which is based on things which cannot be called into doubt by radical scepticism. If, he suggests, we can find a belief that cannot be called into doubt, this will provide a solid foundation upon which we can build systematic reasoning. This ‘cartesian’ method, as it has come to be known, is a blueprint for reasoning that continues to shape the study of philosophy today: a careful weighing of possibilities, searching out solid ground and building on it step by step.
Author : Stanley Tweyman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134901012
This volume presents the excellent and popular translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, an introduction by Stanley Tweyman which explores the relevance of Descartes' Regulae and his method of analysis in the Meditations, and six articles which indicate the diversity of scholarly opinion on the topic of method in Descartes' philosopy.
Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521191388
A dual-language edition presenting Descartes's original Latin text of his greatest work, with a facing-page authoritative English translation.
Author : Kurt Brandhorst
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780748634811
Descartes' Meditations is one of the most commonly studied texts in introductory philosophy courses. Rather than simply telling the reader what to think, Meditations invites them to undertake a philosophical journey for themselves. This book is designed to accompany readers on that journey; it prepares them for its demands, helps them to engage with each stage of the text, and suggests ways through the more difficult passages. Brandhorst offers students a fresh approach by bringing to life the path of self-discovery encapsulated in the work and maintaining the focus on metaphysics. Readers are guided through the text step-by-step, which encourages careful reading and presents them with the opportunity to learn to philosophise for themselves. This book engages with what the text says, rather than what is said about the text, in order to help readers discover - or rediscover - for themselves what Meditations has to say.
Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486115443
DIVTwo works by the founder of rational method in philosophical thought: Discourse on Method, which formulates a scientific approach to philosophy; and Meditations, which employs the principles in an exploration of the mind/body distinction. /div
Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141936062
Of all the works of the man claimed by many as the father of modern philosophy, the MEDITATIONS, first published in 1641, must surely be Rene Descartes' masterpiece. This volume consists of not only a new translation of the original Latin text and the expanded objections and replies, but also includes selected correspondence and other metaphysical writings from the period 1641-49.
Author : René Descartes,Roger Ariew,Donald A. Cress
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781603843508
Among the strengths of this edition are reliable, accessible translations, useful editorial materials, and a straightforward presentation of the Objections and Replies, including the Objections from Caterus, Arnauld, and Hobbes, and Descartes' Replies, in their entirety. 'The Letter Serving as a Reply to Gassendi' -- in which several of Descartes' associates present Gassendi's best arguments and Descartes' replies -- conveys the highlights and important issues of their notoriously extended exchange. Roger Ariew's illuminating general Introduction discusses the Meditations and the intellectual environment surrounding its reception. Also included are a bibliography and chronology.
Author : Gary Carl Hatfield,René Descartes
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0415111927
Rene Descartes is generally accepted as the "father of modern philosophy", and his Meditations is perhaps the most famous philosophical text ever written. In this Routledge Philosophy GuideBook, Gary Hatfield guides the reader through the text of the Meditations, providing commentary and analysis throughout. He assesses Descartes' importance in the history of philosophy and his continuing relevance to contemporary thought. Descartes and the Meditations will be essential reading for all students of philosophy, and for anyone coming to Descartes for the first time.
Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781554811526
Considered a foundational text in modern philosophy, the Meditations on First Philosophy presents numerous powerful arguments that to this day influence debates in epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of religion. This new translation incorporates revisions from the second Latin edition (1642) and the later French translation (1647) to make Descartes’ reasoning as lucid and engaging as possible. Also included in this edition is a brief introduction to Descartes and the Meditations. The introduction helps the reader to understand the context and purpose of Descartes’ project without over-explaining his arguments.
Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872201929
Many other matters respecting the attributes of God and my own nature or mind remain for consideration; but I shall possibly on another occasion resume the investigation of these. Now my principal task is to endeavour to emerge from the state of doubt into which I have these last days fallen.
Author : Christopher Biffle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : First philosophy
ISBN : 1559345128
This "guided tour" by Rene Descartes' Meditations is specifically designed for the philosophical novice. It actively engages students with Descartes' work through a variety of tasks that help them develop their critical thinking, reading, and writing skills.
Author : David Hume,Eric Steinberg
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0872202291
A landmark of enlightenment though, HUme's An Enquiry Concerning Human understanding is accompanied here by two shorter works that shed light on it: A Letter from a Gentlemen to His Friend in Edinburgh, hume's response to those accusing him of atheism, of advocating extreme scepticism, and of undermining the foundations of morality; and his Abstract of A Treatise of HUman Nature, which anticipates discussions developed in the Enquiry. In his concise Introduction, Eric Steinberg explores the conditions that led to write the Enquiry and the work's important relationship to Book 1 of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature.