Descartes : the project of pure enquiry / Bernard Williams ; with a foreword by John Cottingham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Bernard, 1929-2003.

Series:

Routledge classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Physical Description:

xx, 308 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

Descartes has often been called the 'father of modern philosophy', and his attempts to reconcile the existence of the soul with scientific evidence are amongst the most influential in the field. This text examines this concept, as well as other key areas of his philosophies.

Contents:

Descartes

The project

Cogito and sum

The real distinction

God

Error and the will

Knowledge is possible

Physical objects

Science and experiment

Mind and its place in nature

Appendix 1 epistemological concepts

Appendix 2 what the pure enquirer knows

Appendix 3 dreaming.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138019188

1138019186

131574743X

9781315747439

OCLC:

883903477