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Cartesian views : papers presented to Richard A. Watson / edited by Thomas M. Lennon.
Van Pelt Library DG737.55 .E34 2014
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Fine Arts Library NC1807.G3 C34 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brill's studies in intellectual history 0920-8607 ; v. 116.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 116
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
- Descartes, René.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 240 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Summary:
- A dozen papers by internationally known scholars explore questions largely unthinkable without Richard Watson's classic Downfall of Cartesianism: Descartes in Holland, Descartes and Simon Foucher, and issues raised by Descartes for philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, translation and toleration.
- Contents:
- Red as Research Assistant / Richard H. Popkin 3
- Red as Colleague / William H. Gass 7
- Cartesian Views
- 1. Descartes in Holland
- Spinoza and The Downfall of Cartesianism / Steven Nadler 13
- Different Clothing from Like Cloth: Metaphysical and ethical diversities in Dutch Cartesianism / Han van Ruler 31
- A Philospher's Life / Theo Verbeek 53
- 2. Simon Foucher
- Foucher's Academic Cartesianism / Jose R. Maia Neto 71
- Simon Foucher, Knowledge and Idealism: Philo of Larissa and the enigmas of a French 'Skeptic' / Leslie Armour 97
- Foucher, Huet, and The Downfall of Cartesianism / Thomas M. Lennon 117
- 3. Systemic Concerns
- Wittgenstein's Evil Demon / David Hausman, Alan Hausman 129
- The Aboutness of Thought / Fred Wilson 151
- A Philosopher at Large / Alison Wylie 165
- Exercises in Betrayal: Philosophy in Translation / Alan Gabbey 179
- 4. Censorship and Toleration
- The Roman Censure of the Institutio Philosophiae of Antoine Le Grand (1629-99) according to Unpublished Documents from the Archives of the Holy Office / Jean-Robert Armogathe 193
- Freedom to Philosophize: Some Philosophical Questions about Science, Theology, and State in the Seventeenth Century / Daniel Garber 205.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "Richard A. Watson, a short bibliography": pages [227]-237.
- ISBN:
- 9004132996
- OCLC:
- 52594698
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