[PDF] Method Intuition And Meditation In Descartes Meditations On First Philosophy eBook

Author : Stanley Tweyman
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 2023-08
Category : First philosophy
ISBN : 9781527515055

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This book deals with Descartes' efforts in his Meditations to discover the first principles of human knowledge, that is, what must be known before anything else can be known. In order for these principles to be first principles, they cannot be conclusions obtained through deductive reasoning. Further, Descartes insists that these first principles cannot be known through the senses, but only through intuition or meditation, our only cognitive faculties for grasping self-evident first principles. This book provides Descartes' reasons for rejecting the senses as the source of these first principles, and offers textual support for the role of intuition and meditation in apprehending the first principles of human knowledge. Although the bulk of the book is largely exegetical in nature, the last chapter proceeds more critically to show the failures of Descartes' approach.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 24,10 MB
Release : 1993-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1603844813

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Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy, is presented here in Donald Cress's completely revised edition of his well-established translation, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining its clear and accessible style.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 39,41 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780300067736

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Descartes' ideas not only changed the course of Western philosophy but also led to or transformed the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, physics and mathematics, political theory and ethics, psychoanalysis, and literature and the arts. This book reprints Descartes' major works, Discourse on Method and Meditations, and presents essays by leading scholars that explore his contributions in each of those fields and place his ideas in the context of his time and our own. There are chapters by David Weissman on metaphysics and psychoanalysis, John Post on epistemology, Lou Massa on physics and mathematics, William T. Bluhm on politics and ethics, and Thomas Pavel on literature and art. These essays are accompanied by others by David Weissman and by Stephen Toulmin that introduce the idea of intellectual lineages, discuss the period in which Descartes wrote, and reexamine the premises of his philosophy in light of contemporary philosophical, political, and social thinking.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 26,22 MB
Release : 1993
Category : First philosophy
ISBN : 0415077060

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This includes the excellent translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, an introduction by Tweyman, and six articles indicating the diversity of scholarly opinion on method in Descartes' philosophy.This volume presents the excellent and popular translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, an introduction by Stanley Tweyman which explores the relevance of Descartes' Regulae and his method of analysis in the Meditations, and six articles which indicate the diversity of scholarly opinion on the topic of method in Descartes' philosopy.

Author : Stanley Tweyman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,41 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1134901011

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This volume presents the excellent and popular translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, an introduction by Stanley Tweyman which explores the relevance of Descartes' Regulae and his method of analysis in the Meditations, and six articles which indicate the diversity of scholarly opinion on the topic of method in Descartes' philosopy.

Author : Stanley Tweyman
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 19,29 MB
Release : 2023-07-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1527515060

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This book deals with Descartes’ efforts in his Meditations to discover the first principles of human knowledge, that is, what must be known before anything else can be known. In order for these principles to be first principles, they cannot be conclusions obtained through deductive reasoning. Further, Descartes insists that these first principles cannot be known through the senses, but only through intuition or meditation, our only cognitive faculties for grasping self-evident first principles. This book provides Descartes’ reasons for rejecting the senses as the source of these first principles, and offers textual support for the role of intuition and meditation in apprehending the first principles of human knowledge. Although the bulk of the book is largely exegetical in nature, the last chapter proceeds more critically to show the failures of Descartes’ approach.

Author : Rene Descartes
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 20,5 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1443433071

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In Meditations on First Philosophy, French philosopher René Descartes, now regarded as the father of Western philosophy, introduces the concept of the dichotomy—the separation of mind and body—by determining, “I think, therefore I am.” HarperTorch brings great works of non-fiction and the dramatic arts to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperTorch collection to build your digital library.

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 32,83 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1425009220

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Many other matters respecting the attributes of God and my own nature or mind remain for consideration; but I shall possibly on another occasion resume the investigation of these. Now (after first noting what must be done or avoided, in order to arrive at a knowledge of the truth) my principal task is to endeavour to emerge from the state of doubt into which I have these last days fallen, and to see whether nothing certain can be known regarding material things.

Author : Lisa M. Osbeck
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2014-08-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1107022398

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Rational Intuition explores the concept of intuition as it relates to rationality through mediums of history, philosophy, cognitive science, and psychology.