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Descartes Essential
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Author : René Descartes
language : en
Publisher: Lebooks Editora
Release Date : 2024-03-19
Descartes Essential written by René Descartes and has been published by Lebooks Editora this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-19 with Philosophy categories.
Often called " The founder of modern philosophy" and the "father of modern mathematics," René Descartes is considered one of the most important and influential thinkers in the history of Western thought, having inspired contemporaries and several generations of later philosophers. Experts affirm that, starting from Descartes, the rationalism of the Modern Age was inaugurated. In this valuable eBook, the reader will be able to learn about Descartes' thought through two of his most important works: " Discourse on the Method" and " Meditations on First Philosophy."
The Essential Descartes
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Author : René Descartes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
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Ren Descartes
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Author : René Descartes
language : en
Publisher: Harpercollins College Division
Release Date : 1977-01-01
Ren Descartes written by René Descartes and has been published by Harpercollins College Division this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
"Rene Descartes is often called the 'Father of Modern Philosophy.' The profound controversies that his doctrines have engendered are alone sufficient to establish his eminence. Yet if he is to be paid a due respect, it is necessary to understand him on his own terms- to distinguish his doctrines from myriad notions labeled 'Cartesian.' The quest for certainty may be a constitutional imperative for every philosopher; in the case of Descartes it was an acknowledged passion. Thus there is no more fitting approach to him than to study seriously his claims to having attained certainty regarding what he took to be the questions of metaphysics, namely, the questions of the existence of God and of the nature of the human mind."--The Preface.
Descartes
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Author : Bernard Arthur Owen Williams
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 1990
Descartes written by Bernard Arthur Owen Williams and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Philosophy categories.
"This is a classic and challenging introduction to Descartes by one of the most distinguished modern philosophers. Bernard Williams not only analyses Descartes's project of founding knowledge on certainty, but uncovers the philosophical motives for his search. With acute insight, he demonstrates how Descartes's Meditations are not merely a description but the very enactment of philosophical thought and discovery. Williams covers all of the key areas of Descartes's thought, including God, the will, the possibility of knowledge, and the mind and its place in nature. He also makes some profound contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and philosophy generally, making Descartes essential reading for any student of philosophy."--BOOK JACKET.
Descartes Selected Philosophical Writings
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Author : René Descartes
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1988-02-26
Descartes Selected Philosophical Writings written by René Descartes and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-02-26 with Philosophy categories.
Based on the new two volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings, this anthology of essential texts contains the most important and widely studied of the writings.
Descartes
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Author : René Descartes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-09
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René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer.Descartes is often called the Father of Modern Philosophy, and much ofearly Western philosophy is a response to his writings. Descartes writingare still studied closely to this day. Descartes was also influential in mathematics; the Cartesian coordinatesystem - allowing reference to a point in space as a set of numbers, andallowing algebraic equations to be expressed as geometric shapes in atwo-dimensional coordinate system (and conversely, shapes to be describedas equations) - was named after him. Descartes was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution andhas been described as an example of genius. This collection contains four of his major works: * Rules For The Direction Of The Mind (1628) * Discourse On The Method (1637) * Meditations On First Philosophy (1641) * Principles Of Philosophy (1644)
Essential Works Of Descartes
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Author : René Descartes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
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Descartes
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Author : Georges Dicker
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-03-14
Descartes written by Georges Dicker and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-14 with Philosophy categories.
A solid grasp of the main themes and arguments of the seventeenth-century philosopher René Descartes is essential for understanding modern thought, and a necessary entrée to the work of the Empiricists and Immanuel Kant. It is also crucial to the study of contemporary epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. This new edition of Georges Dicker's commentary on Descartes's masterpiece, Meditations on First Philosophy, features a new chapter on the Fourth Meditation and improved treatments of the famous cogito ergo sum and the notorious problem of the Cartesian Circle, among numerous other improvements and updates. Clear and accessible, it serves as an introduction to Descartes's ideas for undergraduates and as a sophisticated companion to his Meditations for advanced readers. The volume provides a thorough discussion of several basic issues of epistemology and metaphysics elicited from the main themes and arguments of the Meditations. It also delves into the work's historical background and critical reception. Dicker offers his own assessments of the Cartesian Doubt, the cogito, the causal and ontological proofs of God's existence, Cartesian freedom and theodicy, Cartesian Dualism, and Descartes's views about the existence and nature of the material world. The commentary also incorporates a wealth of recent Descartes scholarship, and inculcates -- but does not presuppose -- knowledge of the methods of contemporary analytic philosophy.
What Am I
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Author : Joseph Almog
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2001-12-27
What Am I written by Joseph Almog and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-27 with Philosophy categories.
In his Meditations, René Descartes asks, "what am I?" His initial answer is "a man." But he soon discards it: "But what is a man? Shall I say 'a rational animal'? No: for then I should inquire what an animal is, what rationality is, and in this way one question would lead down the slope to harder ones." Instead of understanding what a man is, Descartes shifts to two new questions: "What is Mind?" and "What is Body?" These questions develop into Descartes's main philosophical preoccupation: the Mind-Body distinction. How can Mind and Body be independent entities, yet joined--essentially so--within a single human being? If Mind and Body are really distinct, are human beings merely a "construction"? On the other hand, if we respect the integrity of humans, are Mind and Body merely aspects of a human being and not subjects in and of themselves? For centuries, philosophers have considered this classic philosophical puzzle. Now, in this compact, engaging, and long-awaited work, UCLA philosopher Joseph Almog closely decodes the French philosopher's argument for distinguishing between the human mind and body while maintaining simultaneously their essential integration in a human being. He argues that Descartes constructed a solution whereby the trio of Human Mind, Body, and Being are essentially interdependent yet remain each a genuine individual subject. Almog's reading not only steers away from the most popular interpretations of Descartes, but also represents a scholar coming to grips directly with Descartes himself. In doing so, Almog creates a work that Cartesian scholars will value, and that will also prove indispensable to philosophers of language, ontology, and the metaphysics of mind.
The Essential Descartes
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Author : Paul Strathern
language : en
Publisher: Virgin Books Limited
Release Date : 2002
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Descartes' famous pronouncement 'I think therefore I am' is generally seen as the start of modern philosophy. In order to find the peace in which to follow his thoughts, Descartes took the curious step of joining the army. Later, living in Holland, he also produced ideas that revolutionised mathematics. These witty and informative guides cover the lives and ideas of the major philosophers. Award-winning author Paul Strathern's concise and easily comprehensible style highlights the major advances in philosophy, as well as the men who conceived them and the times in which they lived. Packed with striking quotes, insights and anecdotes, the aim of the Virgin Philosophers Series is to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader.