The Cambridge companion to Descartes' Meditations / edited by David Cunning, University of Iowa. [el...
The Cambridge companion to Descartes' Meditations / edited by David Cunning, University of Iowa. [el...
The Cambridge companion to Descartes' Meditations / edited by David Cunning, University of Iowa. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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English
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1 online resource (xviii, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction David Cunning; 1. The methodology of the Meditations: tradition and innovation Christia Mercer; 2. The First Meditation: skeptical doubt and certainty Charles Larmore; 3. The First Meditation: divine omnipotence, necessary truths and the possibility of r...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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England
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
Descartes' enormously influential Meditations seeks to prove a number of theses: that God is a necessary existent; that our minds are equipped to track truth and avoid error; that the external world exists and provides us with information to preserve our embodiment; and that minds are immaterial substances. The work is a treasure-trove of views and...
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The Cambridge companion to Descartes' Meditations / edited by David Cunning, University of Iowa. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions online.
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Cambridge companions to philosophy
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-318) and index.
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Text in English.
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1-107-72047-8
1-107-72276-4
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194
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991023962544702626
