| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge critical guides
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Cambridge critical guides.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I. Skepticism: 1. The skepticism of the first meditation / Thomas M. Lennon and Michael W. Hickson -- 2. Descartes and content skepticism / Deborah Brown -- Part II. Substance and Cause: 3. Descartes against the materialists : how Descartes' confrontation with materialism shaped his metaphysics / Daniel Garber -- 4. Thinking : the nature of Descartes' mental substance / Martha Brandt Bolton -- 5. Causation and causal axioms / Tad M. Schmaltz -- Part III. Sensations: 6. Sensation and knowledge of body in Descartes' Meditations / John Carriero -- 7. Descartes on sensory representation, objective reality, and material falsity / Gary Hatfield -- Part IV. The Human Being: 8. Teleology and natures in Descartes' sixth meditation / Karen Detlefsen -- 9. The role of will in Descartes' Account of judgment / Lilli Alanen -- 10. God and meditation in Descartes' Meditations on first philosophy / Jorge Secada -- 11. Cartesian selves / Lisa Shapiro. |
| Summary |
Provide new insights into understanding Descartes' philosophy of mind, especially the role and significance of the senses and emotions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Descartes, René, 1596-1650. Meditationes de prima philosophia.
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Meditationes de prima philosophia (Descartes, René) |
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First philosophy.
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First philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Detlefsen, Karen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Descartes' Meditations. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9780521111607 (DLC) 2012024502 (OCoLC)799024852 |
| ISBN |
9781107313767 (electronic book) |
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1107313767 (electronic book) |
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9781139030731 (electronic book) |
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1139030736 (electronic book) |
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9780521111607 |
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0521111609 |
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