Doubt -- Certainty and stability -- Method -- The riddle of the cogito -- From self to God -- The validation of intuition -- Clarity and distinctness -- God's essence and existence -- Mind and body -- Empirical knowledge
Summary
The author argues that many problems of interpretation including notorious problems of circularity, arise from a failure to recognise that Descartes' strategy for the attainment of certainty is not to add support for his beliefs, but to subtract grounds for doubt
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index
