Routledge Library Editions: Rene Descartes
The Scientific Work of René Descartes: 1596-1650
1st Edition
By J. F. Scott
August 15, 2018
When originally published in 1952, this book filled a gap in the history of philosophy and science and remains an important work today, because it puts the main mathematical and physical discoveries of Descartes in an accessible form, for the benefit of English readers. Descartes is acknowledged to...
An Essay on the Metaphysics of Descartes
1st Edition
By Marthinus Versfeld
July 09, 2018
Originally published in 1940, this book provides a thorough discussion of René Descartes philosophy of metaphysics, examining the three major points of the mind and body, freedom of the will and religion and science. Specific chapters are devoted to the Cartesian theory and the Meditations, in ...
Descartes and the Autonomy of the Human Understanding
1st Edition
By John Carriero
July 09, 2018
This volume, originally published in 1990, delineates the transition Descartes effects from a prevalent medieval conception of understanding to a modern conception of it. Through the examination of the continuities and discontinuities between Descartes’ account of the understanding and that of high...
The Philosophy of Descartes
1st Edition
By A. Boyce Gibson
July 09, 2018
Maintaining that it is impossible to understand the work of a philosopher without understanding the previous history of thought and the contemporaneous developments, this book, originally published in 1932, is an in-depth study of Descartes’ philosophy with a strong emphasis on the historical ...
Routledge Library Editions: Rene Descartes
1st Edition
By Various Authors
August 10, 2016
Descartes has long been recognized as occupying a pivotal position in Western philosophy. At the very centre of Descartes’ innovation are his intimately related conceptions of mind and knowledge. These twin notions form the main problems that have continued to exercise philosophers to this day. ...