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| Titre : | A Companion to Descartes |
| Auteurs : | Janet Broughton |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-4443-3784-6 |
| Index. décimale : | 190 (Philosophie occidentale moderne) |
| Résumé : |
A collection of more than 30 specially commissioned essays, this volume surveys the work of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist commonly regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, while integrating unique essays detailing the context and impact of his work. * Covers the full range of historical and philosophical perspectives on the work of Descartes * Discusses his seminal contributions to our understanding of skepticism, mind-body dualism, self-knowledge, innate ideas, substance, causality, God, and the nature of animals * Explores the philosophical significance of his contributions to mathematics and science * Concludes with a section on the impact of Descartes's work on subsequent philosophers ### Review "Good companions fulfil two more duties - they provide better ways of understanding the familiar and they also defamiliarise it by encouraging new slants and alerting us to relatively ignored issues: this companion does both.... A most attractive and wide-ranging addition to its field." (*Reference Reviews*, Issue 6 2008) ### Book Description With more than 30 newly commissioned essays, A Companion to Descartes details in unparalleled depth the work of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist commonly regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. Alongside discussion of his seminal contributions to our understanding of skepticism, mind-body dualism, self-knowledge, innate ideas, substance, causality, God, and the nature of animals, the volume provides in several essays a unique orientation to the intellectual, religious, and scientific contexts that were important to Descartesrsquo;s work. Concluding with discussions of the impact of Descartesrsquo;s work on subsequent generations of philosophers, the essays in this volume offer fresh and distinctive scholarly perspectives on this giant of the history of modern thought. |
