书名: Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry
作者: Bernard Williams (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (May 17, 2005)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415356261
ISBN-13: 978-0415356268
Book Description
Descartes has often been called the "father of modern philosophy." His attempts to find foundations for knowledge, and to reconcile the existence of the soul with the emerging science of his time, are among the most influential and widely studied in the history of philosophy.
This is a classic and challenging introduction to Descartes by one of the most distinguished modern philosophers. Bernard Williams not only analyses Descartes's project of founding knowledge on certainty, but uncovers the philosophical motives for his search. With acute insight, he demonstrates how Descartes's Meditations are not merely a description but the very enactment of philosophical thought and discovery. Williams covers all of the key areas of Descartes's thought, including god, the will, the possibility of knowledge, and the mind and its place in nature. He also makes some profound contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and philosophy generally, making Descartes essential reading for any student of philosophy.
This reissue includes a new foreword by John Cottingham, University of Reading.
Review
'For someone who wanted to understand what Descartes meant what problems he was actually struggling to solve, it must be absolutely indispensable reading. And there can be no one interested in philosophy at all who is not interested in Descartes in this sense.' -- Mary Warnock, New Society
'Excellent.' -- The Times Educational Supplement
'His biographical digest is as succinct as his philosophical analysis is thorough.' -- The Sunday Times
'Bernard Williams is arguably the greatest philosopher of his era.' -- The Guardian
'One of the most brilliant figures of his generation.' -- Glasgow Herald
'Descartes - The Project of Pure Enquiry, first published in 1978 and repackaged here with a foreword by the Cartesian scholar John Cottingham, is a good deal more than just a survey of one of the landmarks in the history of philosophy. It is itself a work of substantive philosophical analysis and a reminder of just what British philosophy lost when Williams died in 2003.' -- New Humanist
'This is a powerful book that illuminates not only the work of a great historical thinker, but also fundamental philosophical questions' -- The Philosophers' Magazine Online
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作者: Bernard Williams (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (May 17, 2005)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415356261
ISBN-13: 978-0415356268
Book Description
Descartes has often been called the "father of modern philosophy." His attempts to find foundations for knowledge, and to reconcile the existence of the soul with the emerging science of his time, are among the most influential and widely studied in the history of philosophy.
This is a classic and challenging introduction to Descartes by one of the most distinguished modern philosophers. Bernard Williams not only analyses Descartes's project of founding knowledge on certainty, but uncovers the philosophical motives for his search. With acute insight, he demonstrates how Descartes's Meditations are not merely a description but the very enactment of philosophical thought and discovery. Williams covers all of the key areas of Descartes's thought, including god, the will, the possibility of knowledge, and the mind and its place in nature. He also makes some profound contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and philosophy generally, making Descartes essential reading for any student of philosophy.
This reissue includes a new foreword by John Cottingham, University of Reading.
Review
'For someone who wanted to understand what Descartes meant what problems he was actually struggling to solve, it must be absolutely indispensable reading. And there can be no one interested in philosophy at all who is not interested in Descartes in this sense.' -- Mary Warnock, New Society
'Excellent.' -- The Times Educational Supplement
'His biographical digest is as succinct as his philosophical analysis is thorough.' -- The Sunday Times
'Bernard Williams is arguably the greatest philosopher of his era.' -- The Guardian
'One of the most brilliant figures of his generation.' -- Glasgow Herald
'Descartes - The Project of Pure Enquiry, first published in 1978 and repackaged here with a foreword by the Cartesian scholar John Cottingham, is a good deal more than just a survey of one of the landmarks in the history of philosophy. It is itself a work of substantive philosophical analysis and a reminder of just what British philosophy lost when Williams died in 2003.' -- New Humanist
'This is a powerful book that illuminates not only the work of a great historical thinker, but also fundamental philosophical questions' -- The Philosophers' Magazine Online
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