Starting with Descartes / D. G. Prado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prado, C. G.

Series:

Starting with...

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650. Meditationes de prima philosophia.

Descartes, René.

First philosophy.

Physical Description:

vi, 170 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2009]

Summary:

A new introduction guiding the student through the key concepts of Descartes' work by examining the overall development of his ideas.>

Contents:

Descartes and his project

The first meditation: methodological doubt

The second meditation: the cogito

The third meditation: the causal argument for god's existence

A brief interlude

The fourth meditation: explaining the possibility of error

The fifth meditation: the ontological argument for god's existence

The sixth meditation: the world's existence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-160) and index.

ISBN:

9780826446091

0826446094

9780826436641

0826436641

OCLC:

273821771