Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

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Author: Rene Descartes

ISBN-10: 0872204200

ISBN-13: 9780872204201

Category: General & Miscellaneous Philosophy

Contained here are two of the most important philosophy works ever written, Descartes' "Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking for Truth in the Sciences" and "Meditations on First Philosophy." Descartes, who is considered to be one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy, lays forth the basics of his philosophy and expounds upon such monumental issues as the nature of knowledge and existence itself in these two important and pivotal works.

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This collection includes essays by; William T. Bluhm, Lou Massa, Thomas Payel, John F. Post, Stephen Toulmin and David Weissman. Booknews Contains English translations of Descartes' 1637 treatise

PrefaceAbbreviations1Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking for Truth in the Sciences32Meditations on First Philosophy49Essay 1Introduction111Essay 2Descartes in His Time121Essay 3Metaphysics147Essay 4Epistemology236Essay 5Physics and Mathematics272Essay 6Political Theory and Ethics306Essay 7Psychoanalysis330Essay 8Literature and the Arts349Essay 9Descartes in Our Time371

\ BooknewsContains English translations of Descartes' 1637 treatise