{"product_id":"descartes-isbn-9780631150466","title":"Descartes","description":"In this new introduction to the life, thought and works of one of the greatest seventeenth-century philosophers, John Cottingham aims to place Descartes' ideas in their historical context while at the same time showing how they relate to a network of philosophical problems that are still vigorously debated today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Separate chapters are devoted to Descartes' life and the intellectual climate of his times; the Cartesian method; the reconstruction of knowledge from self to God and to the external world; Descartes' theory of the material universe; his account of mind and body; and his psychology and theory of the will and passions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While doing justice to the complexities of Descartes' thought, the book presupposes no philosophical training, and all technical philosophical notions are explained in such a way as to be intelligible to the first-year student or general reader.  Preface. \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Descartes' Life and Times:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescartes' Generation: 'Science' and 'Philosophy' in the Seventeenth Century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholasticism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescartes' Early Years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDescartes' Later Years: The Major Publications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Cartesian Method:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowledge and Intuition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Doubt in Descartes' Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. From Self to God to Knowledge of the World:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trademark Argument.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda: The Trademark Argument, Second Version.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ontological Argument.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Avoidance of Error.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cartesian Circle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of God.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Material Universe:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur Knowledge of the World: The Intellect and the Senses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtended Substance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience, Mathematics and Mechanical Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience and Religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Cartesian Man:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMen, Machines and Animals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRes Cogitans.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCartesian Dualism and its Problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSensation and Imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCartesian 'Trialism'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Human Condition:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur Perception of the World and What it is Really Like.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInnate Ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreedom and Reason.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Good Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Descartes' Dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"An excellent general book on philosophy ... a wonderful introduction to the subject for both the general reader and the beginning student, and will be read with profit and pleasure by those more seasoned in the discipline.\" \u003ci\u003eD.W.D. Owen, Times Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A work that can be highly recommended as a most useful introduction to Descartes.' Pierre Watter, \u003ci\u003eTimes Educational Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Cottingham\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. He is author of \u003ci\u003eRationalism\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and, in collaboration with R. Stoothoff and D. Murdoch, of a new two-volume translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophical Writings of Descartes\u003c\/i\u003e (1985).  In this new introduction to the life, thought and works of one of the greatest seventeenth-century philosophers, John Cottingham aims to place Descartes' ideas in their historical context while at the same time showing how they relate to a network of philosophical problems that are still vigorously debated today.  \u003cp\u003eSeparate chapters are devoted to Descartes' life and the intellectual climate of his times; the Cartesian method; the reconstruction of knowledge from self to God and to the external world; Descartes' theory of the material universe; his account of mind and body; and his psychology and theory of the will and passions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile doing justice to the complexities of Descartes' thought, the book presupposes no philosophical training, and all technical philosophical notions are explained in such a way as to be intelligible to the first-year student or general reader.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989041987813,"sku":"NP9780631150466","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631150466.jpg?v=1761782552","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/descartes-isbn-9780631150466","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}