The Cambridge Companion to Descartes

The Cambridge Companion to Descartes
Author: John Cottingham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 1992-09-25
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139824910

Descartes occupies a position of pivotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes' extraordinary philosophical achievement. His life and the development of his thought, as well as the intellectual background to and reception of his work, are treated at length. At the core of the volume are a group of chapters on his metaphysics: the celebrated 'Cogito' argument, the proofs of God's existence, the 'Cartesian circle' and the dualistic theory of the mind and its relation to his theological and scientific views. Other chapters cover the philosophical implications of his work in algebra, his place in the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, the structure of his physics, and his work on physiology and psychology.

The Cambridge Companion to Descartes- Meditations

The Cambridge Companion to Descartes- Meditations
Author: David Cunning
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2014-01-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107018609

This volume highlights and offers different perspectives on the controversies provoked by this central text of Western philosophy.

The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche

The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche
Author: Steven Nadler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2000-07-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521627290

This Companion contains specially commissioned essays addressing Malebranche's thought comprehensively and systematically.

The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz

The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz
Author: Nicholas Jolley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1995
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521367691

The most comprehensive account of the full range of Leibniz's thought.

The Cambridge Companion to Locke

The Cambridge Companion to Locke
Author: Vere Chappell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1994-06-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139824961

Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. The essays in this volume provide a systematic survey of Locke's philosophy informed by the most recent scholarship. They cover Locke's theory of ideas, his philosophies of body, mind, language, and religion, his theory of knowledge, his ethics, and his political philosophy. There are also chapters on Locke's life and subsequent influence. New readers and non-specialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Locke currently available.

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism

The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism
Author: Richard Bett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2010-01-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139828215

This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition. They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas on subjects including belief, action, and ethics. Finally, they explore the effects which these forms of scepticism had beyond the ancient period, and the ways in which ancient scepticism differs from scepticism as it has been understood since Descartes. The volume will serve as an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the subject for non-specialists, while also offering considerable depth and detail for more advanced readers.

The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy

The Cambridge Companion to Early Greek Philosophy
Author: A. A. Long
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1999-06-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521446679

A 1999 Companion to Greek philosophy, invaluable for new readers, and for specialists.