Rene Descartes : meditations on first philosophy in focus / / edited and with an introduction by Stanley Tweyman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816358003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Routledge, 1993
• ISBN: 0-203-41762-3; 1-280-06937-6; 0-203-31037-3; 1-134-90101-1; 1-134-90100-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Collana: Routledge philosophers in focus series.
• Altri autori (Persone): DescartesRene <1596-1650.>; TweymanStanley <1942->
• Disciplina: 194
• Soggetti: First philosophy; God - Proof, Ontological; Methodology; Knowledge, Theory of
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Contains the Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross translation.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Rene Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Stanley Tweyman; Meditations on First Philosophy; Letter of dedication; Preface to the reader; Synopsis of the six following Meditations; I. Of the things which may be brought within the sphere of the doubtful; II. Of the nature of the human mind; and that it is more easily known than the body; III. Of God: that He exists; IV. Of the true and the false; V. Of the essence of material things, and, again, of God, that He exists; VI. Of the existence of material things, and of the real distinction between the soul and body of manExcerpt From Replies To Objections II; Descartes' Use of "Demonstration" and "Deduction": Desmond M.Clarke; A Discourse on Descartes' Method: Jaakko Hintikka; A Point of order: Analysis, Synthesis, and Descartes' Principles: Daniel Garber and Lesley Cohen; Professor Cottingham and Descartes' Methods of Analysis and Synthesis: Stanley Tweyman; Analysis in the Meditations: ; The Quest for Clear and Distinct Ideas: E.M. Curley; The Ontological Proof Within the Order of Reasons: Georges J. D. Moyal; Selected bibliographySelected index
• Sommario/riassunto: This includes the excellent translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, an introduction by Tweyman, and six articles indicating the diversity of scholarly opinion on method in Descartes' philosophy.