Title The Cambridge companion to Descartes / edited by John Cottingham.

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Location	Call Number	Status
Monograph Collection	B1873 .C36 1992	AVAILABLE

Description	xii, 441 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 424-438) and index.
Contents	Descartes' life and the development of his philosophy / Geneviève Rodis-Lewis -- Descartes and scholasticism : the intellectual background to Descartes' thought / Roger Ariew -- The nature of abstract reasoning : philosophical aspects of Descartes' work in algebra / Stephen Gaukroger -- Cartesian metaphysics and the role of the simple natures / Jean-Luc Marion -- The Cogito and its importance / Peter Markie -- The idea of God and the proofs of his existence / Jean-Marie Beyssade -- The Cartesian circle / Louis E. Loeb -- Cartesian Dualism : theology, metaphysics, and science / John Cottingham -- Descartes' philosophy of science and the scientific revolution / Desmond Clarke -- Descartes' physics / Daniel Garber -- Descartes' physiology and its relation to his psychology / Gary Hatfield -- Descartes on thinking with the body / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty -- The reception of Descartes' philosophy / Nicholas Jolley.
Subject(s)	Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
	Philosophy.
Alternate Author	Cottingham, John, 1943-