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Essays on the Philosophy and Science of Rene Descartes
Author(s): Oxford University Press (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: 20 May 1993
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 366 pages
- ISBN-10: 019507551X
- ISBN-13: 9780195075519
Book Description
The past decade has seen a rapid growth in interest in Descartes' thought, and especially in the relationship between his philosophical and scientific work. The essays in this volume, none of which has been published in English before (three have been published in French) represent the best current work on Descartes' philosophy and science, with contributions from an international roster of leading Descartes scholars, including Alan Gabbey, Jean-Marie Beyssade Gary Hatfield, Margaret Wilson, Willis Doney, Daniel Garber, Edwin Curley, and Jean-Luc Marion.
The essays range over what Descartes himself regarded as his major contributions: metaphysics, physics, and their applications for the benefit of human beings. Written and edited to be accessible to the non-specialist, the volume should prove useful for courses and seminars on the work of Descartes.
Editorial Reviews
Review
"[T]he superlative quality of the essays examined in this review represents the promise of those that are not mentioned. Suffice it to say that in this volume Stephen Voss has succeeded in presenting the intellectual community with a wealth of perspectives from which Cartesian scholarship can be fruitfully approached."--Philosophical Reviews
"Contains many important essays. A very useful tool."--Alan Nelson, University of California, Irvine
Review
"[T]he superlative quality of the essays examined in this review represents the promise of those that are not mentioned. Suffice it to say that in this volume Stephen Voss has succeeded in presenting the intellectual community with a wealth of perspectives from which Cartesian scholarship can be fruitfully approached."--Philosophical Reviews
"Contains many important essays. A very useful tool."--Alan Nelson, University of California, Irvine
