The Cartesian Mind

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Descartes' is widely acknowledged as the founder of modern philosophy and The Cartesian Mind seeks to provide a comprehensive survey of his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising over 40 chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook covers the following central topics:

Descartes' life and works; the historical background to Descartes' works; analysis of Descartes' thought; Descartes' early modern reception and Descartes in modern and contemporary thought.

Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, Descartes' work is central not only in the history of philosophy, but all other areas of the subject, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of science, and ethics.

Contenu

Introduction Jorge Secada and Cecilia Wee

1. Life and Works Desmond Clarke

2. The Platonic Tradition Jonathan Hill

3. The Aristotlelian Tradition Michael Edwards

4. The Stoic Tradition John Marshall

5. The Atomist Tradition Andrew Pyle

6. The Skeptical Tradition Henrik Lagerlund

7. The Meditational Tradition Jorge Secada

8. Method Denis Kambouchner

9. Method Tarek Dika

10. The Cogito Stephen I. Wagner

11. The Nature of the Self Lilli Alanen

12. Ideas Kurt Smith

13. Sensation and Intellection Tom Vinci

14. Material Falsity Cecilia Wee

15. God Catherine Wilson

16. Will and Judgment Noa Naaman-Zauderer

17. Freedom Andrea Christofidou

18. Simple Natures and Eternal Truths David Cunning

19. Substance Justin Skirry

20. Body Edward Slowik

21. The Distinction of Mind and Body Katherine J. Morris

22. Causation Walter Ott

23. Mathematics and Geometry Judith V. Grabiner

24. The Nature and Method of Physics and Natural Sciences Helen Hattab

25. Descartes' Certainty, Realism, and Scientific Inference Manuel Barrantes

26. "Life" in Descartes' Natural Philosophy Deborah Brown

27. Man Cecilia Wee

28. The Passions Amy Schmitter

29. Ethics Patrick Frierson

30. Cartesians and Anti-Cartesians in the 17th and 18th Centuries Tad Schmaltz

31. Descartes and Newtonians Sarah Hutton

32. Cartesian Biology and Medicine Gideon Manning

33. Descartes and the Rationalist Tradition Alan Nelson

34. Descartes and the Rationalist Tradition Noa Shein

35. Descartes and Idealism Jorge Secada

36. Descartes and German Idealism Terry Pinkard

37. Descartes and Kant Murray Miles

38. Descartes in the 19th century Delphine Antonie-Mahout

39. Descartes and Husserl Rosemary Rizon-Patron

40. The Legacy of Descartes' Doubt Harold Langsam

41. Descartes and the Philosophy of Mind Larry Nolan

42. Descartes and Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science Celia Wolf

43. Descartes in Contemporary Popular Culture Jorge Secada.

Index