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John Cottingham explores central areas of Descartes's rich and wide-ranging philosophical system, including his accounts of thought and language, of freedom and action, of our relationship to the animal domain, and of human morality and the conduct of life. He also examines ways in which his philosophy has been misunderstood. The Cartesian mind-body dualism that is so often attacked is only a part of Descartes's account of what it is to be a thinking, sentient, human creature, and the way he makes the division between the mental and the physical is considerably more subtle, and philosophically more appealing, than is generally assumed. Although Descartes is often considered to be one of the heralds of our modern secular worldview, the 'new' philosophy which he launched retains many links with the ideas of his predecessors, not least in the all-pervasive role it assigns to God (something that is ignored or downplayed by many modern readers); and the character of the Cartesian outlook is multifaceted, sometimes anticipating Enlightenment ideas of human autonomy and independent scientific inquiry, but also sometimes harmonizing with more traditional notions of human nature as created to find fulfilment in harmony with its creator.

Table of Contents:
Part One: Overview 1: Descartes, the Synoptic Philosopher Part Two: Descartes's position in philosophy 2: The Cartesian Legacy 3: A New Start? Cartesian Metaphysics and the Emergence of Modern Philosophy Part Three: Mind and World 4: Descartes on Thought 5: 'The only sure sign . . .' Descartes on Thought and Language 6: Intentionality or Phenomenology? Descartes and the Objects of Thought 7: Descartes on Colour 8: A Brute to the Brutes? Descartes's Treatment of Animals 9: Cartesian Trialism Part Four: Ethics and Religion 10: The Intellect, the Will and the Passions 11: Descartes and the Voluntariness of Belief 12: Cartesian Ethics: Reason and the Passions 13: The role of God in Descartes's Philosophy 14: Descartes as Sage: Spiritual Askesis in Cartesian Philosophy 15: Plato's Sun and Descartes's Stove: Contemplation and Control in Cartesian Philosophy Bibliography Index

About the Author :
John Cottingham is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. His principal research interests are in early-modern philosophy (especially Descartes) and in the philosophy of life.

Review :
nuanced and often instructive reflections both on controverisal Cartesian views that still challenge his commentators, and on their simplified canonical images that continue to haunt contemporary discussions... Taken together, they offer a stimulating picture both of Descarte's influential and often controversial views and of Cottingham's longstanding engagement with them. an admirable volume It is one of the virtues of Cottinghams exemplary work that he can give us insight into a surprisingly overlooked way in which Descartes has set the agenda for all subsequent philosophy.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780199226979
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 348
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 716 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199226970
  • Publisher Date: 11 Sep 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Essays on Descartes's Philosophy
  • Width: 163 mm


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