Descartes

Abbreviations.

1. Descartes' Life and Times:.

Descartes' Generation: 'Science' and 'Philosophy' in the Seventeenth Century.

Scholasticism.

Descartes' Early Years.

Descartes' Later Years: The Major Publications.

2. The Cartesian Method:.

Knowledge and Intuition.

The Role of Doubt in Descartes' Philosophy.

First Principles.

3. From Self to God to Knowledge of the World:.

The Trademark Argument.

Coda: The Trademark Argument, Second Version.

The Ontological Argument.

The Avoidance of Error.

The Cartesian Circle.

The Role of God.

4. The Material Universe:.

Our Knowledge of the World: The Intellect and the Senses.

Extended Substance.

Science, Mathematics and Mechanical Models.

Science and Religion.

5. Cartesian Man:.

Men, Machines and Animals.

Res Cogitans.

Cartesian Dualism and its Problems.

Sensation and Imagination.

Cartesian 'Trialism'.

6. The Human Condition:.

Our Perception of the World and What it is Really Like.

Innate Ideas.

Freedom and Reason.

The Good Life.

Appendix: Descartes' Dreams.

References.

Index.