Problems of Cartesianism

Lennon, Thomas M., John M. Nicholas, and John W. Davis, editors

ISBN 10: 0773510001 / ISBN 13: 9780773510005

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press, Kingston and Montreal, 1982

A Near Fine copy in gray cloth lettered in dark blue. No dust jacket. (Not ex-library.). Seller Inventory # 051519

Synopsis:

The typical Cartesian collection contains papers which treat the problems arising out of Descartes's philosophy as though they and it appeared for the first time in a recent journal. The approach of this collection is quite different. The eight contributors concentrate on problems faced by Cartesianism which are of historical significance. Without denigrating the importance of the technique of exploiting the texts in a manner that appeals to contemporary philosophical interests, the contributors show how Cartesianism was shaped over time by the criticism it received. This criticism took place in many areas - politics, theology, natural science, and metaphysics - and its scope is reflected in this collection of papers. The efforts of advocates of Cartesianism to produce a biography of Descartes, and the political difficulties they faced, are no less a part of the problems of Cartesianism than are the difficulties alleged against the Cartesian ontology of thought and extension in accounting for transubstatiation. Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century theories of the formation of the earth, for example, were historically part of the same set of problems as the difficulties in Bible criticism. These significant issues and many others are discussed in this volume.

From the Back Cover:

Series editor: Philip J. Cercone

McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas is a series devoted to Western intellectual history, from antiquity to the twentieth century. It includes scholarly monographs, critical editions or translations, and occasionally, thematically unified collections of essays.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Problems of Cartesianism
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Kingston and Montreal
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
Book Type: Book