Rene Descartes: Critical Assessments (Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers) Book

This anthology brings together well over 100 detailed analyses and discussions of salient aspects of Descartes' Promethean legacy. The lucidity and originality of the essays, a number of which are already classics of Cartesian scholarship, will ensure that this anthology becomes a standard in Cartesian philosophy. An invaluable resource, Rene Descartes provides a large variety of introductions, analyses, criticisms, and appraisals of the problems which preoccupied Descartes and the solutions he propounded.Because Descartes intended his system to embrace not only philosophy, but a complete scientific corpus, this collection covers both philosophical issues and scientific views: Volume 1 is devoted to questions of Cartesian Method and epistemology, Volumes 2 and 3 concentrate on his metaphysics, and Volume 4 discusses Descartes' scientific views and achievements.Read More