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Descartes

Author : John Cottingham
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780198751823
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Descartes written by John Cottingham and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1998 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest volume in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series brings together some of the most influential and stimulating essays on Descartes' philosophy to have appeared in the last fifty years, edited by the renowned Descartes specialist Professor John Cottingham. A lucid introduction bythe editor outlines the principle features of Descartes' philosophy and summarizes the main arguments of each chapter. Covering the full range of Descartes' thought, the volume opens with a cluster of central issues in Descartes' metaphysics: systematic doubt, the Cogito, clarity and distinctness,and the Cartesian Circle; followed by chapters on Descartes' theory of the will, and his account of necessity and possibility. Two notorious and interrelated problems in Descartes' system are then dealt with: the distinction between mind and body, and the unity of the human being. There followchapters on Descartes' account of human nature and the passions, and his treatment of animals; and the volume closes with three chapters on Cartesian science, covering Descartes' views on the relationship between experiment and deduction, his account of scientific explanation, and the notion ofcausal agency or force in his physics. These broad-ranging and accessible perspectives on Descartes' work will be essential reading for students and specialists.

The Great Philosophers: Russell

Author : Ray Monk
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 178022155X
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Great Philosophers: Russell written by Ray Monk and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts' Bertrand Russell 'Science is what you know. Philosophy is what you don't know' Bertrand Russell discovered mathematics at the age of eleven. It was, he recalled, a transporting experience: 'as dazzling as first love'. From that moment on, he would pursue his passion with undying devotion and fervour. Mathematics might succeed, he felt, where philosophy had failed, reducing thought to its purest form, and freeing knowledge from doubt and contradiction. And for a time, so it seemed. Russell's mathematical investigations effortlessly resolved at a stroke some of philosophy's most intractable problems. Yet if mathematics could be a liberating mistress, she was also an unreliable one... Opening up the work of one of our age's undisputed giants, Ray Monk's exhilaratingly clear, readable guide tells a compelling human tale too: a moving story of love and loss, of ecstatic triumph and deep disillusion.

The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter

Author : Steven M. Nadler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691157308
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter written by Steven M. Nadler and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique combination of philosophy, biography, and art history. The philospher, the priest, and the painter investigates the remarkable individuals and the circumstances behind a small portrait.

Great Philosophers

Author : Jeffrey Reid
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1770487697
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Great Philosophers written by Jeffrey Reid and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Philosophers tells the story of Western philosophy through the thought of its main protagonists, the great philosophers. The narrative begins with the Presocratic philosophers Heraclitus and Parmenides and ends in recent times, as each philosopher wrestles with the problems and solutions of his or her predecessors. Along the way, Jeffrey Reid provides an engaging introduction to many of the principal ideas of luminaries such as Plato, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche and Sartre. Great Philosophers not only provides an ideal introduction to philosophical thought, but also an original understanding of the discipline of philosophy itself. The book aims not only to recount an important tradition, but also to reveal something about how it has affected who we are.

How To Read Descartes

Author : John G. Cottingham
Publisher : Granta Books
ISBN 13 : 1783780541
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book How To Read Descartes written by John G. Cottingham and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I realized it was necessary to demolish everything and start again right from the foundations, if I wanted to establish anything in the sciences that was stable and likely to last.' Ren Descartes Revered as the 'father of modern philosophy', Descartes is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, but his ideas are also highly controversial and have been subjected to intense criticism by present-day philosophers. John Cottingham examines Descartes's remarkable attempt to construct a new basis for scientific understanding, his famous first principle, 'I am thinking, therefore I exist,' and his notorious and often misunderstood account of the relation between mind and body. He also tackles fascinating and lesser-known aspects of Descartes's philosophy, including his views on language, human and animal nature, the role of the emotions in the good life, and the place of God in science and ethics. Extracts are taken from the whole range of Descartes's writings, including the Discourse on the Method, Meditations on First Philosophy, Principles of Philosophy and his last book, the Passions of the Soul, as well as extracts from his philosophical letters.

Socrates Meets Descartes

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 168149437X
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Socrates Meets Descartes written by Peter Kreeft and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 5th volume in the series of popular volumes by Peter Kreeft, in which the "Father of Philosophy", Socrates, cross-examines various other important philosophers and thinkers (in previous books he examined Marx, Sarte, Machiavelli, and Socrates himself.) Kreeft states that Socrates and Descartes are perhaps the two most important philosophers who have ever lived, because they are the two who made the most difference to all philosophy after them. These two fathers of philosophy stand at the beginning of the two basic philosophical options: the classical and the modern. Kreeft focuses on seven features that unite these two major philosophers and distinguish them from all others. So this dialog between Socrates and Descartes is a dialog between the fundamental stages in the history of philosophy, the history of consciousness, and the history of Western culture. Like his other works in this popular series, this book is profound and witty reading that makes for an entertaining and insightful exploration of modern philosophy. It will appeal to both the common reader as well as to those more philosophically inclined.

Classical Modern Philosophers

Author : Richard Schacht
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134963459
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Classical Modern Philosophers written by Richard Schacht and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant: these are the seven philosophers who stand out from the rest in what is known as the `modern' period in philosophy. Their thought defines the mainstream of classical or early modern philosophy, largely responsible for shaping philosophy as we now know it. In a clear and lively style, Richard Schacht has written a thorough introduction to the work of these seven founding fathers of modern philosophy. The bibliography has been updated for this revised edition to take account of the recent explosion of writings on modern philosophy.

Descartes' Philosophical Revolution: A Reassessment

Author : H. Ben-Yami
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137512024
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Descartes' Philosophical Revolution: A Reassessment written by H. Ben-Yami and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben-Yami shows how the technology of Descartes' time shapes his conception of life, soul and mind–body dualism; how Descartes' analytic geometry helps him develop his revolutionary conception of representation without resemblance; and how these ideas combine to shape his new and influential theory of perception.

The European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche

Author : Monroe Beardsley
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0375758046
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Book Synopsis The European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche by : Monroe Beardsley

Download or read book The European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche written by Monroe Beardsley and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2002-11-12 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Between the earliest and the latest of the works included here, we have two hundred and fifty years of vigorous and adventurous philosophizing,” Monroe Beardsley writes in his Introduction to this collection. “If the modern period can be only vaguely or arbitrarily bounded, it can at least be studied, and we can ask whether any dominant themes, overall patterns of movement, or notable achievements can be found within it. This question is one that is best asked by the reader after he has read, or read around in, these works.” This Modern Library Paperback Classic also includes a newly updated Bibliography.

Rene Descartes

Author : Ferdinand Jives
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781980925255
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Rene Descartes written by Ferdinand Jives and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By narrowing down everything to the last proof of life, he came to the conclusion, "I think. Therefore, I am." Read more about the genius man who used logic and evidence to figure out the realism of life laid the foundation of the 17th century Rationalism. He drew conclusions based on reasoning that makes sense. His rhetoric included statements about God, the universe, and our perceptions of reality. Theories from this works have contributed greatly to the philosophical stage the people were at during his life. Subtopics of this book include: His perspective on education, authoritarianism, the Cartesian coordinate system and science. Facts about the brain that will make you think and use it. The idea of God as an innate idea. Views on truth, error, and the evidence that we exist. The very facts that make Descartes a great philosopher. Descartes' reasoning concerning material things. His criticism on other philosophers and the explanations for it.And much more! Regarded by many as one of the most intelligent philosophers with the most logical conclusions and detailed, analyzed theories, you cannot miss the thought pattern he has given humanity. Enlighten yourself and start reading now!

Descartes' Bones

Author : Russell Shorto
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307275663
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Descartes' Bones written by Russell Shorto and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial philosopher to transport them back to Paris. Thus began a 350-year saga that saw Descartes' bones traverse a continent, passing between kings, philosophers, poets, and painters. But as Russell Shorto shows in this deeply engaging book, Descartes' bones also played a role in some of the most momentous episodes in history, which are also part of the philosopher's metaphorical remains: the birth of science, the rise of democracy, and the earliest debates between reason and faith. Descartes' Bones is a flesh-and-blood story about the battle between religion and rationalism that rages to this day. A New York Times Notable Book

Descartes

Author : A. C. Grayling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802718337
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Descartes written by A. C. Grayling and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier-and spy-Rene Descartes was one of the founders of the modern world. His life coincided with an extraordinary time in history: the first half of the miraculous seventeenth century, replete with genius in the arts and sciences, and wracked by civil and international conflicts across Europe. But at his birth in 1596 the world was still dominated by medieval beliefs in phenomena such as miracles and spontaneous generation. It was Descartes who identified the intellectual tools his peers needed to free themselves from the grip of religious authority and in doing so he founded modern philosophy. In this new biography, A. C. Grayling tells the story of Descartes' life, and places it in his tumultuous times-with the unexpected result that an entirely new aspect of the story comes to light.

The Philosophy of Descartes

Author : A. Boyce Gibson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315468085
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Descartes written by A. Boyce Gibson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maintaining that it is impossible to understand the work of a philosopher without understanding the previous history of thought and the contemporaneous developments, this book, originally published in 1932, is an in-depth study of Descartes’ philosophy with a strong emphasis on the historical approach. It covers Descartes’ early life and education, before continuing to discuss his method of doubt, the existence of God, the scientific interpretation of nature, the unity of knowledge, the attributes of God and free-will.

Consciousness and the Great Philosophers

Author : Stephen Leach
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131738993X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Consciousness and the Great Philosophers written by Stephen Leach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consciousness and the Great Philosophers addresses the question of how the great philosophers of the past might have reacted to the contemporary problem of consciousness. Each of the thirty-two chapters within this edited collection focuses on a major philosophical figure from the history of philosophy, from Anscombe to Xuanzang, and imaginatively engages with the problem from their perspective. Written by leading experts in the field, this exciting and engaging book explores the relevance of the history of philosophy to contemporary debates and therefore is essential reading for students and scholars studying the history of philosophy, contemporary philosophy of mind and consciousness, or both.

Enlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell

Author : Jane O'Grady
Publisher : Knowledge in a Nutshell
ISBN 13 : 9781788283724
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Enlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell written by Jane O'Grady and published by Knowledge in a Nutshell. This book was released on 2018 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...there is nothing elementary about O'Grady's primer. She pulls off the feat of writing a reliable and accessible introduction to modern philosophy that is also a meaningful contribution to the subject." - London Times Literary Supplement From Descartes' famous line 'I think therefore I am' to Kant's fascinating discussions of morality, the thinkers of the Enlightenment have helped to shape the modern world. Addressing such important subjects as the foundations of knowledge and the role of ethics, the theories of these philosophers continue to have great relevance to our lives. Ranging across Enlightenment thinking from Berkeley to Rousseau, Enlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell explains important ideas such as Locke's ideas of primary and secondary qualities, Kant's moral rationalism, and Hume's inductive reasoning. Filled with helpful diagrams and simple summaries of complex theories, this essential introduction brings the great ideas of the past to everyone.

International Encyclopaedia of Great Philosophers: The principles of Descartes' philosophy

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788130713458
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (134 download)

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Simply Descartes

Author : Kurt Smith
Publisher : Simply Charly
ISBN 13 : 1943657343
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book Simply Descartes written by Kurt Smith and published by Simply Charly. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Simply Descartes is the perfect one-stop-shop for all matters Cartesian. Smith presents Descartes’s entire system from the ground up, building from metaphysics and epistemology to physics and morality. In some ways, he even goes one step further than the master himself for, with the benefit of hindsight and of the work of leading scholars, Smith reconstructs the system in a neat, orderly, clean and concise way, extracting the disparate pieces from Descartes’s many works scattered over many years. For those seeking entry into Descartes, or into philosophy in general, as well as for those seeking a refresher on this foundational thinker, you can do no better than this book.”—Andrew Pessin, author of The Irrationalist: The Tragic Murder of René Descartes and Professor of Philosophy at Connecticut College René Descartes was born in La Haye en Touraine, France, on March 31, 1596. He attended a Jesuit college and studied law for two years, but he soon gave up formal academics to immerse himself in “the great book of the world.” In 1618, he joined the army, where he became interested in military engineering and expanded his knowledge of physics and mathematics. Then, one night in 1619, he experienced what he described as divine visions, which inspired him to create a new mathematics-based philosophy. He spent the next 30 years writing a series of works that radically transformed mathematics and philosophy and, by the time of his death in 1650, he was recognized as one of Europe’s greatest philosophers and scientists. In Simply Descartes, Professor Kurt Smith offers the general reader an opportunity to get better acquainted with the philosophy of the man who, as much as any individual, helped shape our contemporary way of thinking. Written in simple, nonacademic language and based on the best recent scholarship, Simply Descartes is the ideal introduction to Descartes’ life and work—from the famous Cogito (“I think, therefore I am”) to the development of analytic geometry, to the nature of God. Not to mention which, if you’ve ever wondered whether all living things are nothing more than fancy machines, or whether life is really a Matrix-like dream, you’ll be amazed to discover that a 17th-century philosopher was asking (and answering) the same things!