Glimpse of Light: New Meditations on First Philosophy - Couverture souple

Mumford, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1474279481 ISBN 13 : 9781474279482

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017

Synopsis

I firmly believed there was a world outside of our own minds . . . But all around me were challenges. . . . How could we be so sure there were such things existing apart from us? Philosopher Benedict Chilwell faces a crisis of confidence and hopes to resolve it in a self-imposed exile, far away in the north of Norway. From his cabin, he begins his meditations, pondering the mysteries of philosophy in the dark Arctic winter. Pride, a whale, love and lust, the Huldra, God and a chain of causes all interrupt Benedict’s solitude. Could they prove his salvation? In six days approaching the return of the light, Benedict discovers a basis for certainty and tries his best to convince his hosts. Through doubts, questions and reasoning, Chilwell inadvertently follows in Descartes’ footsteps. Will he be killed by the cold too; or will the warmth of Plato’s sun save him in time?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Mumford is Professor of Metaphysics at Durham University, UK and Visiting Professor at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norwary. He is the author of Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction (2012) and Causation: A Very Short Introduction (2013).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474279481
• ISBN 13: 9781474279482
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 182
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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