Cartesian Metaphysics - The Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy (Paperback, [)

This is the first book-length study of Descartes's metaphysics to place it in its immediate historical context, the Late Scholastic philosophy of thinkers such as Suarez against which Descartes reacted. Jorge Secada views Cartesian philosophy as an 'essentialist' reply to the 'existentialism' of the School, and his discussion includes careful analyses and original interpretations of such central Cartesian themes as the role of scepticism, intentionality and the doctrine of the material falsity of ideas, universals and the relation between sense and understanding, causation and the proofs of the existence of God, the theory of substance, and the dualism of mind and matter. His study offers a picture of Descartes's metaphysics that is both novel and philosophically illuminating.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2004
First published:	2000
Authors:	Jorge Secada
Dimensions:	230 x 150 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	348
Edition:	[
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-61614-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-61614-X
Barcode:	9780521616140

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