Descartes

Author(s)

• Cottingham, John

Bibliographic Information

Descartes

edited by John Cottingham

（Oxford readings in philosophy）

Oxford University Press, 1998

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-318) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume in the "Oxford Readings in Philosophy" series brings together some of the most influential essays on Descartes' philosophy to have appeared in the last 50 years, edited by Descartes specialist Professor John Cottingham. A lucid introduction by the editor outlines the principle features of Descartes' philosophy and summarizes the main arguments of each chapter. Covering the full range of Descartes' thought, the volume opens with a cluster of central issues in Descartes' metaphysics: systematic doubt, the Cogito, clarity and distinctness, and the Cartesian Circle; followed by chapters on Descartes' theory of the will, and his account of necessity and possibility. Two notorious and interrelated problems in Descartes' system are then dealt with: the distinction between mind and body, and the unity of the human being.

Table of Contents

John Cottingham: Introduction. I: Michael Williams: Descartes and the Metaphysics of Doubt. II: Peter Markie: The Cogito and its Importance. III: Alan Gewirth: Clearness and Distinctness in Descartes. IV: James Van Cleve: Foundationalism, Epistemic Principles and the Cartesian Circle. V: Anthony Kenny: Descartes on the Will. VI: Jonathan Bennett: Descartes' Theory of Modality. VII: Margaret Wilson: The Epistemological Argument for Mind-Body Distinctness. VIII: Genevieve Rodis-Lewis: Descartes and the Unity of Human Being. IX: Stephen Gaukroger: Descartes' Theory of the Passions. X: John Cottingham: Descartes' Treatment of Animals. XI: Daniel Garber: Descartes, Method and the Role of Experiment. XII: Desmond Clarke: Descartes' Concept of Scientific Explanation. XIII: Gary Hatfield: Force (God) in Descartes' Physics. Notes on the Contributors. Bibliography. Table of Citations of Descartes' Works. Index

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Details

• NCID: BA36918931
• ISBN:
  • 0198751834
  • 0198751826
• LCCN: 98002535
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 326 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B1875
  • DC21 : 194
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Descartes, René, 1596-1650
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00245045