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Descartes: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Tom Sorell
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Paperback. Rene Descartes had a short working life, and his output was small, yet he made significant contributions to philosophy and science. This book shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 110 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
René Descartes (1596-1650) had a remarkably short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured to the present day. He is perhaps best known for his statement 'Cogito, ergo sum'. By a mixture of 'intuition' and 'deduction' Descartes derived from the 'cogito' principle first the existence of a material world. But Descartes did not intend the metaphysics to stand apart from his scientific work, which included important investigations into physics, mathematics, psychology, and optics. In this book Tom Sorrell shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of ... Read more
René Descartes (1596-1650) had a remarkably short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured to the present day. He is perhaps best known for his statement 'Cogito, ergo sum'. By a mixture of 'intuition' and 'deduction' Descartes derived from the 'cogito' principle first the existence of a material world. But Descartes did not intend the metaphysics to stand apart from his scientific work, which included important investigations into physics, mathematics, psychology, and optics. In this book Tom Sorrell shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
Very Short Introductions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192854094
SKU
V9780192854094
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About Tom Sorell
Tom Sorell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex. He is the author of Hobbes (1986), Moral Theory and Capital Punishment (1987), Scientism (1991), and editor of The Rise of Modern Philosophy (1993) and The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes (1995).
Reviews for Descartes: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Sorell's account well portrays the intensely personal character of Descartes's thought, and in doing so tells us much about the thinker himself. The pages ... devoted to the Meditations surely constitute the best available introductory sketch of Descartes's classic.
Times Higher Education Supplement
concise and lucid ... it radiates authority
J. V. Field, Mathematical Reviews
Times Higher Education Supplement
concise and lucid ... it radiates authority
J. V. Field, Mathematical Reviews