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A Companion to Descartes

Janet Broughton (Editor), John Carriero (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2154-5
Hardcover
558 pages
November 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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  • A comprehensive guide to the life and work of René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy
  • Contains more than 30 newly commissioned essays by many of the most prominent Descartes scholars working today
  • Covers the full range of historical and philosophical perspectives on his work
  • Discusses his seminal contributions to our understanding of skepticism, mind-body dualism, self-knowledge, innate ideas, substance, causality, God, and the nature of animals
  • Explores the philosophical significance of his contributions to mathematics and science
  • Concludes with a section on the impact of Descartes's work on subsequent philosophers

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