Descartes and the Autonomy of the Human Understanding (Hardcover)

This volume, originally published in 1990, delineates the transition Descartes effects from a prevalent medieval conception of understanding to a modern conception of it. Through the examination of the continuities and discontinuities between Descartes' account of the understanding and that of high scholasticism, a characterization emerges of two way in which the understanding is autonomous in Descartes' view. These two sorts of autonomy shed light on the origin of a set of related concerns that give modern philosophy its coherence, setting it apart from medieval philosophy as a distinct tradition. The first sort - the independence of the understanding of the senses - creates the modern problem of scepticism with regard to the external world. The second sort, concerning the ontological status of the mind, provides the background against which modern discussions of the mind/body problem take shape.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Rene Descartes
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	1990
Authors:	John Carriero
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-20232-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
LSN:	1-138-20232-0
Barcode:	9781138202320

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