| Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus Contributor(s): Tweyman, Stanley (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415077060 ISBN-13: 9780415077064 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1993 Annotation: "Rene Descartes'" Meditations on First Philosophy "In Focus" contains the excellent and popular Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross translation of Rene Descartes' "Meditations on First Philosophy." It also contains a portion of the "Replies to Objections II," in which Descartes discusses how the method employed in the "Meditations," which he calls "analysis," differs from the method of "synthesis" employed by the geometer. In his introduction, Stanley Tweyman provides a fresh and detailed discussion of the relationship between Descartes' "Rules" "for the Direction of the Mind" and the method of "analysis," and their applications to the "Meditations." The six critical papers drawn together in this book present a broad and exegetical commentary on the "Meditations" and give an indication of the diversity of scholarly opinion which exists on the topic of method in Descartes' philosophy. An extensive bibliography is also included. Contributors: D. M. Clarke, E. Curley, D. Garber, L. Cohen, J. Hintikka, Georges Moyal, and Stanley Tweyman. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 194 |
| LCCN: 92047345 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Translation Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.99 lbs) 236 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This volume presents the excellent and popular translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, an introduction by Stanley Tweyman which explores the relevance of Descartes' Regulae and his method of analysis in the Meditations, and six articles which indicate the diversity of scholarly opinion on the topic of method in Descartes' philosopy. |