| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 177 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Continuum studies in philosophy
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Continuum studies in philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-173) and index. |
| Summary |
This book offers the first sustained treatment of Descartes' conception of innateness. The concept of innateness is central to Descartes' epistemology; the Meditations display a new, non-Aristotelian method of acquiring knowledge by attending properly to our innate ideas. Yet understanding Descartes' conception of innate ideas is not an easy task and some commentators have concluded that Descartes held several distinct and unrelated conceptions of innateness. In "Descartes on Innate Ideas", however, Deborah Boyle argues that Descartes' remarks on innate ideas in fact form a unified ac. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Multiple Meanings of 'Innate Idea' -- 1.1 Ambiguities in Descartes' Idea of 'Idea' -- 1.2 The Dispositional Interpretation of Cartesian Innate Ideas -- 1.3 A Unified Account of Cartesian Innate Ideas -- 1.4 The Recollection Account -- 1.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Innate Ideas as Objects and Acts -- 2.1 The Role of the Meditator's Nature -- 2.2 Distinguishing the Innate from the Adventitious and the Factitious -- 2.3 The Clarity and Distinctness of Innate Ideas -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3: The Role of Reflection in Perceiving Innate Ideas -- 3.1 The Reflective Account -- 3.2 Attention, Reflection, and the Interference of the Body -- 3.3 Applying the Reflective Account: Some Examples -- 3.4 Another Example: The Innate Idea of God -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The Natural Light Reconsidered -- 4.1 The Natural Light, Common Notions, and Innateness -- 4.2 A Reply to an Objection -- 4.3 John Morris on the Natural Light -- 4.4 The Natural Light and the Role of the Will -- 4.5 The Metaphor of Light -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Natural Light and Its Truths -- 5.1 Perception by the Natural Light -- 5.2 Some Examples of Perception by the Natural Light -- 5.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Innate Ideas, Corporeal Substance, and Mathematics -- 6.1 The Innate Idea of Extension -- 6.2 Discovering the Innate Idea of Extension -- 6.3 Perceiving Ideas of Shapes -- 6.4 Perceiving Geometrical Propositions -- 6.5 Perceiving Other Mathematical Propositions -- 6.6 Descartes' Laws of Motion -- 6.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
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Descartes, René, 1596-1650. |
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Innate ideas (Philosophy)
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Innate ideas (Philosophy) |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Boyle, Deborah A. Descartes on innate ideas. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 (DLC) 2008044104 |
| ISBN |
1441160981 (electronic book) |
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9781441160980 (electronic book) |
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9781441102874 (paperback) |
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1441102876 (paperback) |
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9781847061904 |
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9781441160980 |
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1847061907 |
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