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Descartes: A Study Of His Philosophy (Key Texts) - Softcover

Kenny, Anthony

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Synopsis

Kenny's Descartes is notably good & important book. He says it is "designed to help undergraduate and graduate students in understanding Descartes' philosphy". The book concentrates on Descartes' epistemology, metaphysics & philosophy of mind. The penultimate chapter, on Matter & Motion, contains a sucinct account of Descartes' mechanism & a critique of the a priori side of his natural philosophy.
Preface
Life & works
Cartesian doubt
Cogito ergo sum
Sum res cogitans
Ideas
The idea of God
The ontological arguement
reason & intuition
matter & motion
Mind & body
Notes
For Further Reading
Index

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Review

"Kenny's Descartes is a notably good and important book. He says it is 'designed to help undergraduate and graduate students in understanding Descartes' philosophy.' The book concentrates on Descartes' epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind; but the penultimate chapter, on Matter and Motion, contains a succinct account of Descartes' mechanism and a critique of the a priori side of his natural philosophy." -- The Philosophical Quarterly

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