Descartes and the Meditations, Routledge Philosophy Guidebook

Hatfield, Gary

ISBN 10: 0415111935 / ISBN 13: 9780415111935

Published by Routledge, 2002

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2008. Soft Cover. l 353 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Descartes and the Meditations, Routledge Philosophy Guidebook
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415111935
• ISBN 13: 9780415111935
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • filosofie

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Synopsis

Rene Descartes is generally accepted as the "father of modern philosophy", and his Meditations is perhaps the most famous philosophical text ever written.
In this Routledge Philosophy GuideBook, Gary Hatfield guides the reader through the text of the Meditations, providing commentary and analysis throughout. He assesses Descartes' importance in the history of philosophy and his continuing relevance to contemporary thought.
Descartes and the Meditations will be essential reading for all students of philosophy, and for anyone coming to Descartes for the first time.

About the Author

Gary Hatfield is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.