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The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics
Richard A. Watson
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Paperback. Combines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. This title argues that Descartes' ontology is incoherent and vacuous, his epistemology deceptive, and his theology unorthodox - indeed, that 'Descartes knows nothing'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; HPJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Combines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. Far more radical in its conclusions than his 1966 study The Downfall of Cartesianism (a slightly revised version of which forms the main body of the current work), Watson argues that Descartes's ontology is incoherent and vacuous, his epistemology deceptive, and his theology unorthodox--indeed, that Descartes knows nothing.
Combines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. Far more radical in its conclusions than his 1966 study The Downfall of Cartesianism (a slightly revised version of which forms the main body of the current work), Watson argues that Descartes's ontology is incoherent and vacuous, his epistemology deceptive, and his theology unorthodox--indeed, that Descartes knows nothing.
Product Details
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872204065
SKU
V9780872204065
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Reviews for The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics
Original and stimulating. . . . The four new chapters deserve close attention. . . . Readers will await further studies by Richard A. Watson all the more impatiently.
Jean-Luc Marion, Archives de Philosophie Downfall is required reading for anyone doing early modern philosophy, and its reappearance is welcome and long overdue.
Steven Nadler, International Studies in Philosophy ... Read more
Jean-Luc Marion, Archives de Philosophie Downfall is required reading for anyone doing early modern philosophy, and its reappearance is welcome and long overdue.
Steven Nadler, International Studies in Philosophy ... Read more