David Cunning

Argument and Persuasion in Descartes' Meditations

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Produktbeschreibung

This monograph on Descartes' "Meditations" shows that it is as much about pedagogy as it is about truth. Every single claim of the Meditations is advanced from the first-person point-of-view of Descartes' meditator, who is not a Cartesian at the start of inquiry. Cunning's reading shows that "The Meditations" is the transcript of his cognitive progress.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780199380305
• ISBN-10: 0199380309
• Artikelnr.: 40207349

Autorenporträt

David Cunning is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I. The Problem of the First-Person Point-of-View
II. Epistemic Position and the First Meditation
III. Imagining Mind and Body
IV. The Idea of a Supreme Being
V. Truth and Imprecision in the Fourth Meditation
VI. Another Proof of the Existence of God
VII. Embodiment and Union
VIII. The Post-Meditations Meditator
IX. Worries About Descartes' Method and its Implementation
X. Philosophical Inquiry and the Problem of Current Commitments