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Descartes and the Doubting Mind (Hardcover, New): James Hill

Descartes and the Doubting Mind (Hardcover, New)

James Hill

Series: Continuum Studies in Philosophy

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Descartes characterisation of the mind as a 'thinking thing marks the beginning of modern philosophy of mind. It is also the point of departure for Descartes own system in which the mind is the first object of knowledge for those who reason in an 'orderly way. This ground-breaking book shows that the Cartesian mind has been widely misunderstood: typically treated as simply the subject of phenomenal consciousness, ignoring its deeply intellectual character. James Hill argues that this interpretation has gone hand in hand with a misreading of Descartes method of doubt which treats it as all-inclusive and universal in scope. In fact, the sceptical arguments of the First Meditation aim to lead the mind away from the senses and towards the intellectual 'notions that the mind has within it, and which are never the subject of doubt. Hill also places Descartes concept of mind into the wider setting of his science of nature, showing how he wished to reveal a mental subject that would able to comprehend the new physics necessitated by Copernicus heliocentrism.

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Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin: United States
Series: Continuum Studies in Philosophy
Release date: February 2012
First published: February 2012
Authors: James Hill
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-3203-1
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, c 1600 to c 1800
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LSN: 1-4411-3203-1
Barcode: 9781441132031

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