| Insight and Inference: Descartes's Founding Principle and Modern Philosophy Contributor(s): Miles, Murray (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802043151 ISBN-13: 9780802043153 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $182.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: In this major re-examination of Descartes's founding principle, cogito ergo sum, Murray Miles presents a portrait of Descartes as 'Father of Modern Philosophy' that is very different from the standard one. Viewing Descartes in both a historical and a systematic perspective, Miles presents a wealth of original analyses, arguments, and re-interpretations of key texts. The result is a fresh and illuminating account of Descartes's metaphysical project and theory of the mind. Descartes's achievement is a radical reversal of the order of knowing, a subjectivism that places knowledge of the mind ahead of knowledge of material things, yet is free of the metaphysical idealism that some of his successors went on to embrace. A meticulous, scholarly, and exhaustive analysis, this book provides a minutely detailed reading of each word of Descartes's founding principle, exploring in great depth the underlying epistemology and ontology. The book will fully repay a careful reading by any serious student of Descartes's philosophy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Epistemology - Philosophy | Criticism |
| Dewey: 194 |
| LCCN: 00550519 |
| Series: Toronto Studies in Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 1.65" H x 6.46" W x 9.22" (1.99 lbs) 600 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this major re-examination of Descartes's founding principle, cogito, ergo sum, Murray Miles presents a portrait of Descartes as the Father of Modern Philosophy that is very different from the standard one. Viewing Descartes in both a historical and a systematic perspective, Miles presents a wealth of original analyses, arguments, and re-interpretations of key texts. The result is a fresh and illuminating account of Descartes's metaphysical project and theory of the mind. Descartes's achievement is a radical reversal of the order of knowing, a subjectivism that places knowledge of the mind ahead of knowledge of material things, yet is free of the metaphysical idealism that some of his successors went on to embrace. A meticulous, scholarly, and exhaustive analysis, this book provides a minutely detailed reading of each word of Descartes's founding principle, exploring in great depth the underlying epistemology and ontology. The book will fully repay a careful reading by any serious student of Descartes's philosophy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Miles, Murray: - Murray Miles is a professor of philosophy at Brock University. |