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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787202303321

Autore

Hausman David B.

Titolo

Descartes's legacy : minds and meaning in early modern philosophy / / David B. Hausman and Alan Hausman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

0-8020-7957-1

1-4426-5745-6

1-4426-5557-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

Toronto Studies in Philosophy

Disciplina

121.4

Soggetti

Idea (Philosophy) - History

Philosophy of mind - History

History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Machines, Meaning, and the Theory of Ideas -- 2. Descartes's Semantic Intentions -- 3. The Secularity of the Meditations -- 4. Is Hume the Cartesian Evil Demon? -- 5. A New Approach to Berkeley's Ideal Reality -- 6. Hume's Use of Illicit Substances -- 7. Berkeley and the Argument from Perceptual Variation -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Hausmans wed an intentional theory of ideas with a modern information theoretic approach in a critical tour of some of the most important issues in the philosophy of mind and some of the most outstanding figures in early modern philosophy.