Descartes

Description: Here is a an excellent copy of DESCARTES: OXFORD READINGS IN PHILOSOPHY, edited by John Cottingham. This volume contains scholarly essays on all aspects of the philosophy Rene Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy. Please see my other auctions for more books in philosophy, theology, classics, and biblical studies. Thank you. From the publisher: This volume brings together some of the best articles on Descartes published in the last fifty years. Edited by the renowned Descartes specialist John Cottingham, the selection covers the full range of Descartes's thought, including chapters on the central issues in Cartesian metaphysics, the relationship between mind and body, human nature and the passions, and the structure of scientific explanation. John Cottingham was born in London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, and at St John's College, Oxford University, where he gained Double First Class Honours in Classics and Philosophy; he later took his doctorate in Philosophy at Oxford University. He has held posts at Exeter College, Oxford University and the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, and his visiting appointments have included a Fulbright Scholarship and Visiting Professorship at Randolph Macon Women's College, Virginia USA, and an Erskine Fellowship at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He is at present University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading . Professor Cottingham is the author of numerous books and articles on seventeenth-century philosophy (with special reference to Descartes) and has given several broadcast talks on Descartes for the BBC; he has also written extensively on ethics and the philosophy of law. He was from 1991-5 Chairman of the British Society for the History of Philosophy, and is (since 1993) editor of Ratio, the international journal of analytical philosophy.Introduction, John Cottingham TABLE OF CONTENTS:I. Descartes and the Metaphysics of Doubt, Michael WilliamsII. The Cogito and its Importance, Peter MarkieIII. Clearness and Distinctness in Descartes, Alan GewirthIV. Foundationalism, Epistemic Principles and the Cartesian Circle, James Van CleveV. Descartes on the Will, Anthony KennyVI. Descartes' Theory of Modality, Jonathan BennettVII. The Epistemological Argument for Mind-Body Distinctness, Margaret WilsonVIII. Descartes and the Unity of Human Being, Genevieve Rodis-LewisIX. Descartes' Theory of the Passions, Stephen GaukrogerX. Descartes' Treatment of Animals, John CottinghamXI. Descartes, Method and the Role of Experiment, Daniel GarberXII. Descartes' Concept of Scientific Explanation, Desmond ClarkeXIII. Force (God) in Descartes' Physics, Gary HatfieldNotes on the ContributorsBibliographyTable of Citations of Descartes' WorksIndex

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