Descartes on innate ideas / Deborah A. Boyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyle, Deborah A.

Series:

Continuum Studies in Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Innate ideas (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book offers the first sustained treatment of Descartes' conception of innateness. The concept of innateness is central to Descartes' epistemology; the Meditations display a new, non-Aristotelian method of acquiring knowledge by attending properly to our innate ideas. Yet understanding Descartes' conception of innate ideas is not an easy task and some commentators have concluded that Descartes held several distinct and unrelated conceptions of innateness.In ""Descartes on Innate Ideas"", however, Deborah Boyle argues that Descartes' remarks on innate ideas in fact form a unified account. A

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Multiple Meanings of 'Innate Idea'; Chapter 2: Innate Ideas as Objects and Acts; Chapter 3: The Role of Reflection in Perceiving Innate Ideas; Chapter 4: The Natural Light Reconsidered; Chapter 5: The Natural Light and Its Truths; Chapter 6: Innate Ideas, Corporeal Substance, and Mathematics; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-173) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-18933-6

9786612189333

1-4411-6098-1

OCLC:

646813817