{"product_id":"cartesian-metaphysics-the-scholastic-origins-of-modern-philosophy-hardback-9780521452915","title":"Cartesian Metaphysics; The Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy (Hardback) 9780521452915","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCartesian Metaphysics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA novel and philosophically illuminating account of Descartes's metaphysics and its immediate historical context.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJorge Secada (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521452915, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 April 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e346 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.68 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'Secada's book is rich and interesting, and can be read with much profit.' The British Journal for the History of Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first book-length study of Descartes's metaphysics to place it in its immediate historical context, the Late Scholastic philosophy of thinkers such as Suárez against which Descartes reacted. Jorge Secada views Cartesian philosophy as an 'essentialist' reply to the 'existentialism' of the School, and his discussion includes careful analyses and original interpretations of such central Cartesian themes as the role of scepticism, intentionality and the doctrine of the material falsity of ideas, universals and the relation between sense and understanding, causation and the proofs of the existence of God, the theory of substance, and the dualism of mind and matter. His study offers a picture of Descartes's metaphysics that is both novel and philosophically illuminating.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Unity of Cartesian Metaphysics: 1. Descartes's essentialist metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e 2. Scepticism, Scholasticism and the origins of Descartes's philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Cartesian real essences\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Ideas and the Road from Essence to Existence: 4. Ideas and the world in mind\u003cbr\u003e 5. My wax, my intellect and I\u003cbr\u003e 6. Essentialism and the existence of God\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Cartesian Substances: 7. The substantial tension\u003cbr\u003e 8. The essence and the existence of Cartesian substances\u003cbr\u003e 9. The real distinction or the body and the mind.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: metaphysics \u0026amp; ontology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20metaphysics%20\u0026amp;%20ontology%20%5BHPJ%5D%22\"\u003eHPJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007497031960,"sku":"9780521452915","price":70.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521452915i_e07910cb-13ae-46e6-b5cc-044a9628d8f1.jpg?v=1691382257","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cartesian-metaphysics-the-scholastic-origins-of-modern-philosophy-hardback-9780521452915","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}