Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Descartes' life and the development of his philosophy
- 2 Descartes and scholasticism
- 3 The nature of abstract reasoning
- 4 Cartesian metaphysics and the role of the simple natures
- 5 The Cogito and its importance
- 6 The idea of God and the proofs of his existence
- 7 The Cartesian circle
- 8 Cartesian dualism
- 9 Descartes' philosophy of science and the scientific revolution
- 10 Descartes' physics
- 11 Descartes' physiology and its relation to his psychology
- 12 Descartes on thinking with the body
- 13 The reception of Descartes' philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2006
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Descartes' life and the development of his philosophy
- 2 Descartes and scholasticism
- 3 The nature of abstract reasoning
- 4 Cartesian metaphysics and the role of the simple natures
- 5 The Cogito and its importance
- 6 The idea of God and the proofs of his existence
- 7 The Cartesian circle
- 8 Cartesian dualism
- 9 Descartes' philosophy of science and the scientific revolution
- 10 Descartes' physics
- 11 Descartes' physiology and its relation to his psychology
- 12 Descartes on thinking with the body
- 13 The reception of Descartes' philosophy
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to Descartes , pp. 424 - 438Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992