Descartes and Method - A Search for a Method in Meditations (Hardcover)

Through an examination of Descartes's scattered remarks on the method and its application in his scientific and mathematical works, Daniel E. Flage and Clarence A. Bonnen develop a systematic account of the method and its role in the Meditations. In the first part of the book, Flage and Bonnen interpret the Cartesian search for essences as both a search for laws and conceptual elucidation. In the second half, we see that each meditation is examined in light of the interpretation of method. The interplay between the search for general principles and the clarification of ideas looms large in the discussions of Mediations II and III. This book explains how Descartess last three meditations do nothing more than reveal the implications of Gods non-deceptiveness. We see then, that in the end, Descartes, the great rationalist, specifies the scope and limits of empiricism. The text delineates the role of the method of analysis in the Meditations.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
Release date:	May 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Clarence A. Bonnen • Daniel E. Flage
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-19250-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-19250-1
Barcode:	9780415192507

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