The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon

This is the most comprehensive dictionary devoted to the thought of the seventeenth-century French philosopher René Descartes.

Lawrence Nolan (Edited by)

9780521193528, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 January 2015

808 pages, 34 b/w illus.
26.6 x 18.5 x 4.7 cm, 1.67 kg

The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon is the definitive reference source on René Descartes, 'the father of modern philosophy' and arguably among the most important philosophers of all time. Examining the full range of Descartes' achievements and legacy, it includes 256 in-depth entries that explain key concepts relating to his thought. Cumulatively they uncover interpretative disputes, trace his influences, and explain how his work was received by critics and developed by followers. There are entries on topics such as certainty, cogito ergo sum, doubt, dualism, free will, God, geometry, happiness, human being, knowledge, Meditations on First Philosophy, mind, passion, physics, and virtue, which are written by the largest and most distinguished team of Cartesian scholars ever assembled for a collaborative research project - 92 contributors from ten countries.

Abbreviations
List of figures
Introduction and notes on how to use this book
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Biography
List of contributors
Entries.

Subject Areas: History of Western philosophy [HPC]