{"product_id":"a-companion-to-descartes-hardback-9781405121545","title":"A Companion to Descartes (Hardback) 9781405121545","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Descartes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanet Broughton (Edited by), J Broughton (Author), John Carriero (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405121545, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 November 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e560 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.8 x 3.6 cm, 0.975 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Good companions fulfil two more duties - they provide better ways of understanding the familiar and they also defamiliarise it by encouraging new slants and alerting us to relatively ignored issues: this companion does both.... A most attractive and wide-ranging addition to its field.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Issue 6 2008)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA collection of more than 30 specially commissioned essays, this volume surveys the work of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist commonly regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, while integrating unique essays detailing the context and impact of his work. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the full range of historical and philosophical perspectives on the work of Descartes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses his seminal contributions to our understanding of skepticism, mind-body dualism, self-knowledge, innate ideas, substance, causality, God, and the nature of animals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the philosophical significance of his contributions to mathematics and science\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConcludes with a section on the impact of Descartes's work on subsequent philosophers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Abbreviations xiv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I THE INTELLECTUAL CONTEXT 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Life and Works 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSTEPHEN GAUKROGER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Aristotelian Natural Philosophy: Body, Cause, Nature 17\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDENNIS DES CHENE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Descartes and Augustine 33\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCATHERINE WILSON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Descartes and the Legacy of Ancient Skepticism 52\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCASEY PERIN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Descartes and Galileo: Copernicanism and the Metaphysical Foundations of Physics 69\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMICHAEL FRIEDMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Explanation as Confi rmation in Descartes’s Natural Philosophy 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eERNAN MCMULLIN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Descartes and Mathematics 103\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePAOLO MANCOSU\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Descartes’s Optics: Light, the Eye, and Visual Perception 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMARGARET J. OSLER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III EPISTEMOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Descartes’s Method 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMURRAY MILES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Descartes’s Use of Doubt 164\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAVID OWENS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Self-Knowledge 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJANET BROUGHTON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Descartes on True and False Ideas 196\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDEBORAH J. BROWN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Clear and Distinct Perception 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSARAH PATTERSON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Causation Without Intelligibility and Causation Without God in Descartes 235\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMICHAEL DELLA ROCCA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Descartes on Substance 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVERE CHAPPELL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Descartes and the Metaphysics of Extension 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eC. G. NORMORE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Role of God in Descartes’s Philosophy 288\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN COTTINGHAM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Cartesian Circle and the Foundations of Knowledge 302\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN CARRIERO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Cartesian Innateness 319\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eALAN NELSON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Descartes on the Will in Judgment 334\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLEX NEWMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Omnipotence, Modality, and Conceivability 353\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLILLI ALANEN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Descartes’s Dualism 372\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMARLEEN ROZEMOND\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Union and Interaction of Mind and Body 390\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePAUL HOFFMAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Animals 404\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGARY HATFIELD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 How to Engineer a Human Being: Passions and Functional Explanation in Descartes 426\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAMY M. 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