Starting with Descartes / D. G. Prado.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prado, C. G.

Series:

Starting with

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First philosophy.

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

Descartes, Rene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.

Summary:

René Descartes was the founding father of modern Western philosophy and a pivotal thinker in the history of this fascinating subject. The history of philosophy since his time cannot be adequately understood without appreciating how Descartes changed our thinking on a huge range of philosophical issues. Covering all the key concepts of his work, Starting with Descartes provides an accessible introduction to the ideas of this enormously significant philosopher. Thematically structured, the book leads the reader through a thorough overview of the development of Descartes' thought, resulting in a

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

9786612876790

9781282876798

1282876791

9781441191670

1441191674

OCLC:

676700720