| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 206 pages) |
| Contents |
The Baconian matrix of Descartes' Regulae / Robert C. Miner -- Descartes and Leibniz on the concept of substance and the possibility of metaphysics / Corey W. Dyck -- Sum Res Cogitans / Elliot S. Paul -- Descartes as philosopher of action / Anne Davenport -- Descartes and the possibility of ethics / Sterling Berry-Whitlock -- The status of moral knowledge in Descartes' Passions / Gwendolyn Bradford -- Geometry and imagination: an inquiry into a Cartesian ambiguity / Matthew S. Linck -- The limits of silence: Descartes, Heidegger and Wittgenstein on philosophy and Poesy / Narve Strand -- The apple and the tree: Descartes and Marion on divine incomprehensibility / Adam Konopka -- Sensory states, consciousness, and the Cartesian assumption / Gregg Caruso |
| Summary |
Attends to the impact of Cartesianism on philosophy from its immediate epicenter in 17th century science and metaphysics. This volume addresses the character of Descartes' originality with respect to the foundations, method and trajectory of his philosophical project, and focuses on the lasting challenges which issue from that originality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
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| SUBJECT |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650 fast |
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Descartes, René. swd |
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Philosophy, French.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Philosophy, French
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Cartesianismus
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Philosophie
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, Nathan D.
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Taylor, Jason P.
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Philosophy Conference (5th : 2004 : Boston, Mass.)
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| ISBN |
9781443802505 |
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1443802506 |
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1282042920 |
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9781282042926 |
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