Book ID: CBB000030061

The Cambridge companion to Descartes (1992)

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Cottingham, John (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 1992
Physical Details: xii + 441 pp.; notes; bibl.; index

Description Contents: Rodis-Lewis, Geneviève: Descartes' life and the development of his philosophy. Ariew, Roger: Descartes and scholasticism: The intellectual background to Descartes' thought. Gaukroger, Stephen: The nature of abstract reasoning: Philosophical aspects of Descartes' work in algebra. Marion, Jean-Luc: Cartesian metaphysics and the role of the simple natures. Markie, Peter: The Cogito and its importace. Beyssade, Jean-Marie: The idea of God and the proofs of his existence. Loeb, Louis E.: The Cartesian circle. Cottingham, John: Cartesian dualism: Theology, metaphysics, and science. Clarke, Desmond: Descartes' philosophy of science and the scientific revolution. Garber, Daniel: Descartes' physics. Hatfield, Gary: Descartes' physiology and its relation to his psychology. Rorty, Amélie Oksenberg: Descartes on thinking with the body. Jolley, Nicholas: The reception of Descartes' philosophy.


Reviewed By

Review Lindborg, R. (1993) Review of "The Cambridge companion to Descartes". Lychnos (pp. 214-16). unapi

Review Rozemond, M. (1994) Review of "The Cambridge companion to Descartes". Journal of the History of Philosophy (pp. 304-6). unapi

Review Baker, G.P.; Morris, K.J. (1994) Review of "The Cambridge companion to Descartes". International Journal of Philosophical Studies (pp. 116-129). unapi

Review Grosholz, E.R. (1994) Review of "The Cambridge companion to Descartes". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 151-52). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Gaukroger, Stephen (1992) The nature of abstract reasoning: Philosophical aspects of Descartes' work in algebra. In: The Cambridge companion to Descartes (p. 91). unapi

Chapter Garber, Daniel (1992) Descartes' physics. In: The Cambridge companion to Descartes (p. 286). unapi

Chapter Hatfield, Gary (1992) Descartes' physiology and its relation to his psychology. In: The Cambridge companion to Descartes (p. 335). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Baldassarri, Fabrizio
Carter, Richard B.
Caruana, Louis
Kolesnik-Antoine, Delphine
Leibowitz, Flora L.
Principe, Lawrence M.
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Annals of the History and Philosophy of Biology
Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
History of Education
Publishers
Classiques Garnier
Johns Hopkins University Press
Kimé
Mimesis
Routledge
Springer
Concepts
Philosophy
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Natural philosophy
Explanation; hypotheses; theories
Cartesianism
Physics
People
Descartes, René
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Galilei, Galileo
Ariew, Roger
Bacon, Francis, 1st Baron Verulam
Beeckman, Isaac
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17th century
18th century
19th century
16th century
20th century
Renaissance
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France
Germany
Utrecht (Netherlands)
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