Descartes and His Contemporaries: Meditations, Objections, and Replies

by George Albert Brown, Marjorie Glicksman Grene, Roger Ariew

Before publishing his landmark Meditations in 1641, Rene Descartes sent his manuscript to many leading thinkers to solicit their objections to his arguments. He included these objections, along with his own detailed replies, as part of the first edition. This unusual strategy gave Descartes a chance to address criticisms in advance and to demonstrate his willingness to consider diverse viewpoints--critical in an age when radical ideas could...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226026302
• ISBN13: 9780226026305
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"