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Descartes Reinvented
Tom Sorell
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Description for Descartes Reinvented
hardcover. This study rehabilitates unpopular views in analytic philosophy, serving as an interpretation of unreconstructed Cartesianism. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
In this study, Tom Sorell seeks to rehabilitate views that are often instantly dismissed in analytic philosophy. His book serves as a reinterpretation of Cartesianism and responds directly to the dislike of Descartes in contemporary philosophy. To identify what is defensible in Cartesianism, Sorell starts with a picture of unreconstructed Cartesianism, which is characterized as realistic, antisceptical but respectful of scepticism, rationalist, centered on the first person, dualist, and dubious of the comprehensiveness of natural science and its supposed independence of metaphysics. Bridging the gap between history of philosophy and analytic philosophy, Sorell also shows for the first time how ... Read more
In this study, Tom Sorell seeks to rehabilitate views that are often instantly dismissed in analytic philosophy. His book serves as a reinterpretation of Cartesianism and responds directly to the dislike of Descartes in contemporary philosophy. To identify what is defensible in Cartesianism, Sorell starts with a picture of unreconstructed Cartesianism, which is characterized as realistic, antisceptical but respectful of scepticism, rationalist, centered on the first person, dualist, and dubious of the comprehensiveness of natural science and its supposed independence of metaphysics. Bridging the gap between history of philosophy and analytic philosophy, Sorell also shows for the first time how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521851145
SKU
KSK0000413
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About Tom Sorell
Tom Sorell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex. He is the author of six books, including Descartes (1987), Scientism (1991), and Moral Theory and Anomaly (2000).
Reviews for Descartes Reinvented
"Sorrell's interpretations are careful and, by and large, sound, given the intention with which they are offered. Were one of my historicophobic colleagues to ask why Descartes...should be worth studying, I would, without misgivings, direct him to Descarte Reinvented." - Dennis Des Chene, Washington University in Saint Louis