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The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon
Edited By Lawrence N
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Description for The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon
hardcover. This is the most comprehensive dictionary devoted to the thought of the seventeenth-century French philosopher Rene Descartes. Editor(s): Nolan, Lawrence. Num Pages: 808 pages, 34 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177. .
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, ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
808
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521193528
SKU
V9780521193528
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About Edited By Lawrence N
Lawrence Nolan is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of numerous articles and books on the two leading Cartesians, Descartes and Malebranche, and the editor of the highly acclaimed Primary and Secondary Qualities: The Historical and Ongoing Debate.
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