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A Companion to Descartes, Hardback Book

A Companion to Descartes Hardback

Edited by Janet (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Broughton, John (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) Carriero

Part of the Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series

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A collection of more than 30 specially commissioned essays, this volume surveys the work of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist commonly regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, while integrating unique essays detailing the context and impact of his work. Covers the full range of historical and philosophical perspectives on the work of DescartesDiscusses his seminal contributions to our understanding of skepticism, mind-body dualism, self-knowledge, innate ideas, substance, causality, God, and the nature of animalsExplores the philosophical significance of his contributions to mathematics and scienceConcludes with a section on the impact of Descartes's work on subsequent philosophers

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