Representation and Scepticism from Aquinas to Descartes - Couverture souple

Adriaenssen, Han

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1316632776 ISBN 13 : 9781316632772

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

In this book Han Thomas Adriaenssen offers the first comparative exploration of the sceptical reception of representationalism in medieval and early modern philosophy. Descartes is traditionally credited with inaugurating a new kind of scepticism by saying that the direct objects of perception are images in the mind, not external objects, but Adriaenssen shows that as early as the thirteenth century, critics had already found similar problems in Aquinas's theory of representation. He charts the attempts of philosophers in both periods to grapple with these problems, and shows how in order to address the challenges of scepticism and representation, modern philosophers in the wake of Descartes often breathed new life into old ideas, remoulding them in ways that we are just beginning to understand. His book will be valuable for historians interested in the medieval background to early modern thought, and to medievalists looking at continuity with the early modern period.

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À propos de l'auteur

Han Thomas Adriaenssen is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. He has published a number of journal articles on medieval and early modern philosophy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1316632776
• ISBN 13: 9781316632772
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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