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The Blackwell Guide to Descartes´ Meditations
Edited Gaukroger
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Description for The Blackwell Guide to Descartes´ Meditations
Paperback. Consisting of twelve newly commissioned essays and enhanced by William Molyneux's famous early translation of the Meditations, this volume touches on all the major themes of one of the most influential texts in the history of philosophy. * Situates the Meditations in its philosophical and historical context. Editor(s): Gaukroger, Stephen. Series: Blackwell Guides to Great Works S. Num Pages: 288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Consisting of twelve newly commissioned essays and enhanced by William Molyneux’s famous early translation of the Meditations, this volume touches on all the major themes of one of the most influential texts in the history of philosophy.
Consisting of twelve newly commissioned essays and enhanced by William Molyneux’s famous early translation of the Meditations, this volume touches on all the major themes of one of the most influential texts in the history of philosophy.
- Situates the Meditations in its philosophical and historical context.
- Touches on all of the major themes of the Meditations, including the mind-body relation, the nature of the mind, and the existence of the material world.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Guides to Great Works S.
Number of Pages
265
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405118743
SKU
V9781405118743
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99-50
About Edited Gaukroger
Stephen Gaukroger is Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Sydney, and presently holds an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship. His works include Descartes: An Intellectual Biography (1995), Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-modern Philosophy (2001), and Descartes’ System of Natural Philosophy (2002).
Reviews for The Blackwell Guide to Descartes´ Meditations
“Acute yet bereft of jargon, scholarly yet footnote-free, imaginative yet keenly focused – Descartes could not have dreamt of a more attractive Guide.” André Gombay, University of Toronto “Stephen Gaukroger has assembled a splendid collection of essays written by some of the best scholars in the field. It helps the reader navigate from Descartes’ ... Read more