The Cambridge companion to Descartes / edited by John Cottingham. [electronic resource]
The Cambridge companion to Descartes / edited by John Cottingham. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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English
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1 online resource (xii, 441 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Descartes' life and the development of his philosophy / Geneviève Rodis-Lewis -- Descartes and scholasticism : the intellectual background to Descartes' thought / Roger Ariew -- The nature of abstract reasoning : philosophical aspects of Descartes' work in algebra / Stephen Gaukroger -- Cartesian m...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
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England
Date Published
1992.
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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 an...
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The Cambridge companion to Descartes / edited by John Cottingham. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions to philosophy
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English
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1-139-00046-2
1-139-81506-7
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194
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991023962506402626