Cartesian metaphysics : the late scholastic origins of modern philosophy / / Jorge Secada

• Autore: Secada Jorge
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 194
• Soggetto topico: Metaphysics; Essentialism (Philosophy); Scholasticism - History; Philosophy, Modern - 17th century
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-322) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 understanding, causation and the proofs of the existence of God, the theory of substance, and the dualism of mind and matter. His study offers a picture of Descartes's metaphysics that is both novel and philosophically illuminating.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cartesian metaphysics
• ISBN: 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822494903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II