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Description: Descartes by Georges Dicker This new edition of Georges Dickers commentary on Descartess Meditations features a new chapter on the Fourth Meditation and is updated throughout. It serves as an introduction to Descartess philosophy for undergraduates and as a sophisticated companion to his Meditations for advanced readers, and it incorporates much recent Descartes scholarship. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A solid grasp of the main themes and arguments of the seventeenth-century philosopher René Descartes is essential for understanding modern thought, and a necessary entrée to the work of the Empiricists and Immanuel Kant. It is also crucial to the study of contemporary epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. This new edition of Georges Dickers commentary on Descartess masterpiece, Meditations on First Philosophy, features a newchapter on the Fourth Meditation and improved treatments of the famous cogito ergo sum and the notorious problem of the Cartesian Circle, among numerous other improvements and updates. Clear and accessible, it serves as anintroduction to Descartess ideas for undergraduates and as a sophisticated companion to his Meditations for advanced readers. The volume provides a thorough discussion of several basic issues of epistemology and metaphysics elicited from the main themes and arguments of the Meditations. It also delves into the works historical background and critical reception. Dicker offers his own assessments of the Cartesian Doubt, the cogito, the causal and ontological proofs ofGods existence, Cartesian freedom and theodicy, Cartesian Dualism, and Descartess views about the existence and nature of the material world. The commentary also incorporates a wealth of recent Descartes scholarship, andinculcates -- but does not presuppose -- knowledge of the methods of contemporary analytic philosophy. Notes 2nd edition of the essential introduction to Descartes philosophy, ideal for students. Author Biography Georges Dicker is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at The College at Brockport, State University of New York. He is the author of Deweys Theory of Knowing, Perceptual Knowledge: An Analytical and Historical Study, Descartes: An Analytical and Historical Introduction (First edition), Humes Epistemology and Metaphysics: An Introduction, Kants Theory of Knowledge: An AnalyticalIntroduction, Berkeleys Idealism: A Critical Examination, and of numerous journal articles. Table of Contents Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First EditionNote on the References and Abbreviations1. Meditation I and the Method of Doubt1. Descartess Goal2. The Cartesian Doubt3. Is the Cartesian Doubt Self-Refuting?3.1 The Deceptiveness of the Senses3.2 The Dream Argument3.3 The Deceiver ArgumentNotes2. Meditation II: the Cogito and the Self511. Descartess "I am thinking, therefore I exist."2. The Certainty of Ones Own Thoughts3. A Problem for the Cogito4. The Substance Theory5. A Reconstruction of the Cogito based on the substance theory6. Critical Discussion of the Reconstructed Cogito6.1 The Substance Theory and the Argument from Change6.2 The Corollary6.3 The Assumption That Thoughts Are Properties6.4 The Inference to "I Exist"7. A defense of the unreconstructed cogito8. Does the unreconstructed cogito require an additional premise?9. Descartess Conception of the Self10. Cartesian DualismNotes3. Meditation III: The Criterion of Truth and the Existence of God1. Descartess Criterion of Truth2. The Project of Meditation III3. From the Idea of God to God3.1 The Nature of Ideas3.2 Objective Reality and Formal Reality3.3 The Core Argument3.4 The Central Argument of Meditation III: the Subargument, the Core Argument, and the Sequel4. Criticisms of Descartess Central Argument in Meditation III4.1 The Subargument4.1.1 The precontainment principle4.1.2 Degrees of reality4.1.3 Justifying the causal maxim4.2 The Problem of the Cartesian Circle4.2.1 The restriction of the doubt to past clear and distinct perceptions defense4.2.2 The general rule defense4.2.3 The radical doubt of reason and the creation of the eternal truths4.2.4 The validation of reason4.3 A Final Criticism of the Core ArgumentNotes4. Meditation IV: Error, Freedom, and Evil1. The issues of the Fourth Meditation2. Error and the will3. Two possible objections3.1 Assenting and deciding to believe3.2 Irresistibility and freedom4. The coherence of Cartesian Freedom5. Descartess troubling letter to Mesland6. Error and evil6.1 The problem of evil6.2 Cartesian theodicy6.3 Some critical ReflectionsNotes5. Meditation V: The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God1. Descartess Ontological Argument2. Critique of the Ontological Argument2.1 Gaunilos Objection2.2 Kants Objection2.3 Further Consideration of Kants Objection2.4 Cateruss Objection3. Some Implications for Descartess SystemNotes6: Meditation VI: Dualism and the Material World1. The scope of Meditation VI2. Descartess Proof of "The Real Distinction" between Mind and Body3. Descartess Proof of the Material World4. Descartes on the Nature of the Material World4.1 Primary and Secondary Qualities4.2 Matter, Space, and Solidity4.3 Bodies as Substances versus Bodies as Modes of Substance5. Dualism and the Problem of Interaction6. An Assessment of Cartesian DualismNotesBibliography Promotional A new edition of Georges Dickers commentary on Descartess Meditations Long Description A solid grasp of the main themes and arguments of the seventeenth-century philosopher René Descartes is essential for understanding modern thought, and a necessary entrée to the work of the Empiricists and Immanuel Kant. It is also crucial to the study of contemporary epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. This new edition of Georges Dickers commentary on Descartess masterpiece, Meditations on First Philosophy, features a newchapter on the Fourth Meditation and improved treatments of the famous cogito ergo sum and the notorious problem of the Cartesian Circle, among numerous other improvements and updates. Clear and accessible, it serves as an introduction to Descartess ideas for undergraduates and as a sophisticated companion to his Meditationsfor advanced readers. The volume provides a thorough discussion of several basic issues of epistemology and metaphysics elicited from the main themes and arguments of the Meditations. It also delves into the works historical background and critical reception. Dicker offers his own assessments of the Cartesian Doubt, the cogito, the causal and ontological proofs of Gods existence, Cartesian freedom and theodicy, Cartesian Dualism, and Descartess views about the existence andnature of the material world. The commentary also incorporates a wealth of recent Descartes scholarship, and inculcates -- but does not presuppose -- knowledge of the methods of contemporary analytic philosophy. Feature Selling point: The book is accessible yet also develops its material deeply enough to interest advanced readers.Selling point: The book is useful as a teaching tool because of its clarity and accessibility.Selling point: The book draws upon and references much contemporary English-language Descartes scholarship. Details ISBN0195380320 Author Georges Dicker Short Title DESCARTES 2/E Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0195380320 ISBN-13 9780195380323 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 194 Birth 1942 Year 2013 Subtitle An Analytic and Historical Introduction Illustrations black & white illustrations Affiliation Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2013-04-25 AU Release Date 2013-04-25 NZ Release Date 2013-04-25 US Release Date 2013-04-25 Illustrator Qu Lan Position Senior Lecturer Qualifications PhD Pages 368 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Edition Description 2nd Revised edition Publication Date 2013-04-25 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131392913;

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