Against Cartesian Philosophy - Couverture rigide

Huet, Pierre Daniel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1591021022 ISBN 13 : 9781591021025

Editeur : Prometheus Books, 2003

Synopsis

The "Censura" is the most comprehensive, unrelenting, and devastating critique of Descartes ever published. Anticipating the issues that have occupied Cartesian scholarship for the past half-century, Huet argues at length that Descartes' philosophy fails on many counts: his methodology of doubting; the reliability of his famous 'cogita' (I think, therefore I am); clarity and distinctness as criteria of truth; his proofs for the existence of God; the circularity of his main argument in the 'Meditations'; and numerous other points. Complete with an extensive introduction explaining the circumstances, history, and importance of the work; a brief biography of its fascinating author; and helpful scholarly annotations; this translation of Huet's "Censura" brings to light an important philosophical work that has been neglected for more than three hundred years.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas M. Lennon (London, Ontario) is professor of philosophy at the University of Western Ontario; among his publications are Reading Bayle and The Battle of Gods and Giants: The Legacies of Descartes and Gassendi, 1655-1715.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prometheus Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1591021022
• ISBN 13: 9781591021025
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible