Descartes : The Project of Pure Enquiry
Williams, Bernard
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Publication Date: 2005
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Descartes has often been called the 'father of modern philosophy'.His attempts to find foundations for knowledge, and to reconcile the existence of the soul with the emerging science of his time, are among the most influential and widely studied in the history of philosophy.This is a classic and challenging introduction to Descartes by one of the most distinguished modern philosophers. Bernard Williams not only analyzes Descartes' project of founding knowledge on certainty, but uncovers the philosophical motives for his search. With acute insight, he demonstrates how Descartes' Meditations are not merely a description but the very enactment of philosophical thought and discovery. Williams covers all of the key areas of Descartes' thought, including God, the will, the possibility of knowledge, and the mind and its place in nature. He also makes profound contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and philosophy generally. This is essential reading for any student of philosophy.This reissue includes a new foreword by John Cottingham.
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Book Description: Taylor and Francis(Routledge), 2005. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 7.795 by 5.079 inches. (328 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. Descartes has often been caed the 'father of modern phiosophy'.His attempts to find foundations for knowedge, and to reconcie the existence of the sou with the emerging science of his time, are among the most infuentia and widey studied in the history of phiosophy. This is a cassic and chaenging introduction to Descartes by one of the most distinguished modern phiosophers. Bernard Wiiams not ony anayzes Descartes' project of founding knowedge on certainty, but uncovers the phiosophica motives for his search. With acute insight, he demonstrates how Descartes' Meditations are not merey a description but the very enactment of phiosophica thought and discovery. Wiiams covers a of the key areas of Descartes' thought, incuding God, the wi, the possibiity of knowedge, and the mind and its pace in nature. He aso makes profound contributions to the theory of knowedge, metaphysics and phiosophy generay. This is essentia reading for any student of phiosophy. This reissue incudes a new foreword by John Cottingham. 'His biographica digest is as succinct as his phiosophica anaysis is thorough.' - The Sunday Times 'Bernard Wiiams is arguaby the greatest phiosopher of his era.' - The Guardian ' Descartes - The Project of Pure Enquiry , first pubished in 1978 and repackaged here with a foreword by the Cartesian schoar John Cottingham, is a good dea more than just a survey of one of the andmarks in the history of phiosophy. It is itsef a work of substantive phiosophica anaysis and a reminder of just what British phiosophy ost when Wiiams died in 2003.' - New Humanist 'Bernard Wiiams brought phiosophica refection to an opuent array of subjects, with more imagination and with greater cutura and historica understanding than anyone ese of his time' Thomas Nage, London Review of Books 'Bernard Wiiams has a greater force of thought, depoyed over a wider horizon, than anyone ese I have ever istened to. ' John Dunn - The Times Higher Education Suppement (Paperback). Bookseller Inventory # AG041535627X Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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