Descartes's changing mind /
Descartes's works are often treated as a unified, unchanging whole. But in Descartes's Changing Mind, Peter Machamer and J.E. McGuire argue that the philosopher's views, particularly in natural philosophy, actually change radically between his early and later works--and that any inter...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press
©2009.
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| Accés en línia: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7t922 |
| Sumari: | Descartes's works are often treated as a unified, unchanging whole. But in Descartes's Changing Mind, Peter Machamer and J.E. McGuire argue that the philosopher's views, particularly in natural philosophy, actually change radically between his early and later works--and that any interpretation of Descartes must take account of these changes. The first comprehensive study of the most significant of these shifts, this book also provides a new picture of the development of Cartesian science, epistemology, and metaphysics. No changes in Descartes's thought are more significant than those that occ. |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references ([243]-250) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400830435 1400830435 9780691138893 0691138893 1282449346 9781282449343 |