Descartes's Meditations: An Introduction

by Catherine Wilson

Book Overview

In this introduction to a classic philosophical text, Catherine Wilson examines the arguments of Descartes' famous Meditations, the book which launched modern philosophy. Drawing on the reinterpretations of Descartes' thought of the past twenty-five years, she shows how Descartes constructs a theory of the mind, the body, nature, and God from a premise of radical uncertainty. She discusses in detail the historical context of Descartes' writings and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521007666
• ISBN13: 9780521007665
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 8.6"