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Descartes : a beginner's guide / Harry M. Bracken

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oneworld beginners' guidesPublication details: Oxford, England ; New York : Oneworld, 2010Description: vi, 169 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781851687589 (pbk.)
  • 1851687580 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Descartes.DDC classification:
  • ARCH YNDC 153.4 B797D
LOC classification:
  • B1873 .B73 2010
Contents:
The intellectual world in Descartes's age -- The building blocks of Cartesian thought -- The demon problem -- The innateness of ideas -- The clear and the distinct -- Mind-body dualism and contemporary criticism -- "Grammar is to mind as geometry is to matter" -- Descartes in the modern era -- Descartes: the root of sin and corruption -- Descartes's legacy
Summary: Highlighting how Cartesian thought still influences philosophy, ethics, and science today, Bracken demonstrates the enduring significance of this towering figure in Western philosophy
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Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Yandell Collection ARCH YNDC 153.4 B797D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 062727

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-156) and index

The intellectual world in Descartes's age -- The building blocks of Cartesian thought -- The demon problem -- The innateness of ideas -- The clear and the distinct -- Mind-body dualism and contemporary criticism -- "Grammar is to mind as geometry is to matter" -- Descartes in the modern era -- Descartes: the root of sin and corruption -- Descartes's legacy

Highlighting how Cartesian thought still influences philosophy, ethics, and science today, Bracken demonstrates the enduring significance of this towering figure in Western philosophy

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