Title Descartes and the possibility of science / Peter A. Schouls.

Imprint

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2000.

Location	Call Number	Status
Monograph Collection	B1875 .S34 2000	AVAILABLE

Description	x, 171 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-168) and index.
Contents	Setting the context: Descartes's methodology and metaphysics -- Mind out of nature -- A "logic of discovery" -- Practice in metaphysics -- Practice in geometry or pure physics -- Human nature and the possibility of science.
Summary	"This new book describes the intellectual structure of modern science as a body of knowledge produced by the Cartesian method. For Descartes, science was possible only because of certain features of the very nature of human beings. Peter A. Schouls focuses on two largely neglected aspects of Descartes's position: the intellectual imagination and free will. Joining these topics together within the context of Cartesian doctrine, Schouls opens up a substantially new reading of the Meditations and a more complete picture of Descartes as a scientist."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject(s)	Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
	Science -- Philosophy.