This collection of recent articles by leading scholars is designed to illuminate one of the greatest and most influential philosophical books of all time. It includes incisive commentary on every major theme and argument in the Meditations, and will be valuable not only to philosophers but to historians, theologians, literary scholars, and interested general readers. Ideal for courses on the history of philosophy and those centered on Descartes specifically , this collection of recent articles by leading scholars is designed to illuminate for students one of the greatest and most influential philosophical books of all time. It includes incisive commentary on every major theme and argument in Meditations.
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Provides an excellent introduction. . . . This book will be as useful to beginners as to seasoned academics because it brings together eleven articles that are both clear and profound. . . . The organization of the book is both simple and efficient, and the brief introduction and the bibliography are well done. -- J. M. Beyssade, Sorbonne, University of Paris This book is a collection of eleven terrific essays that represent a span of nearly thirty years of Descartes scholarship. The book clearly will not only benefit the professional researcher, but it will be of great value to undergraduate and graduate philosophy students interested in Descartes's work. * Review of Metaphysics * The high quality essays in this reader are carefully arranged to parallel the plot of the Meditations. It is a valuable guide for students of Descartes's most famous philosophical work. -- Alan Nelson, University of California, Irvine
Acknowledgments vii(2) Note on the References ix(2) Introduction xi 1 The First Meditation 1(32) John P. Carriero 2 The Cogito and Its Importance 33(32) Peter J. Markie 3 Descartes on His Essence 65(22) Stephen Schiffer 4 Descartes Cosmological Argument 87(16) Robert Delahunty 5 Descartes Problematic Causal Principle of Ideas 103(26) Frederick J. OToole 6 Will and the Theory of Judgment 129(30) David M. Rosenthal 7 Epistemic Appraisal and the Cartesian Circle 159(18) Fred Feldman 8 Descartes Ontological Argument 177(18) Anthony Kenny 9 Descartes: The Epistemological Argument for Mind-Body Distinctness 195(12) Margaret D. Wilson 10 Descartes, Sixth Meditation: The External World, `Nature and Human Nature 207(18) John Cottingham 11 Truth and Stability in Descartes Meditations 225(30) Jonathan Bennett References 255(6) Bibliography 261(6) Index of Passages 267(4) About the Authors 271
Vere Chappell is professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts. He is editor and co-author of the Cambridge Companion to Locke, and the co-author of Twenty-Five Years of Descartes Scholarship.
