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UNINA9910780076403321 |
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Secada Jorge |
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Titolo |
Cartesian metaphysics : the late scholastic origins of modern philosophy / / Jorge Secada [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-11221-4 |
0-511-01312-4 |
1-280-41674-2 |
0-511-17410-1 |
0-511-15367-8 |
0-511-32802-8 |
0-511-48730-4 |
0-511-05283-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Metaphysics |
Essentialism (Philosophy) |
Scholasticism - History |
Philosophy, Modern - 17th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Prologue; Part I The unity of Cartesian metaphysics; Part II Ideas and the road from essence to existence; Part III Cartesian substances; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the first book-length study of Descartes's metaphysics to place it in its immediate historical context, the Late Scholastic philosophy of thinkers such as Suárez against which Descartes reacted. Jorge Secada views Cartesian philosophy as an 'essentialist' reply to the 'existentialism' of the School, and his discussion includes careful analyses and original interpretations of such central Cartesian themes as the role of scepticism, intentionality and the doctrine of the material falsity of ideas, universals and the relation between sense and |
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