Cartesian nightmare : an introduction to transcendental sophistry
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Cartesian nightmare : an introduction to transcendental sophistry
（Value inquiry book series, v. 41）
Rodopi, 1997
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-169) and index
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Description
This book challenges the presupposition among professional philosophers that Rene Descartes is the Father of Modern Philosophy. It demonstrates by intensive textual analysis of Descartes's Discourse and Meditations that he inaugurated a new type of sophistry rather than a new way of conducting philosophy. Transcendental Sophistry is a synthesis of Renaissance humanism and Christian theology, especially the theology of creation. This striking re-evaluation of the achievement of Descartes opens the history of Western philosophy to radical reinterpretation.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. Editorial Foreword. Preface. ONE Simulacra. TWO The Hidden System Revealed. THREE In Search of the Golden Fleece: Walking Alone and in the Shadows. FOUR Oh, Yes, I'm the Great Pretender. FIVE The Epic Begins: Protagoras Redivivus. SIX From Golden Fleece to Minotaur. Notes. Bibliography. About the Author. Index.
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