The Blackwell Guide to Descartes' Meditations

Stephen Gaukroger (University of Sydney)

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English

Wiley-Blackwell
21 December 2005

Philosophy; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900

Series: Blackwell Guides to Great Works

Consisting of twelve newly commissioned essays and enhanced by William Molyneux’s famous early translation of the Meditations, this volume touches on all the major themes of one of the most influential texts in the history of philosophy.

Situates the Meditations in its philosophical and historical context.

Touches on all of the major themes of the Meditations, including the mind-body relation, the nature of the mind, and the existence of the material world.

Edited by: Stephen Gaukroger (University of Sydney)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 608g
ISBN: 9781405118750
ISBN 10: 140511875X
Series: Blackwell Guides to Great Works
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 21 December 2005
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen Gaukroger is Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Sydney, and presently holds an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship. His works include Descartes: An Intellectual Biography (1995), Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-modern Philosophy (2001), and Descartes’ System of Natural Philosophy (2002).

Reviews for The Blackwell Guide to Descartes' Meditations

Acute yet bereft of jargon, scholarly yet footnote-free, imaginative yet keenly focused - Descartes could not have dreamt of a more attractive Guide. Andre Gombay, University of Toronto Stephen Gaukroger has assembled a splendid collection of essays written by some of the best scholars in the field. It helps the reader navigate from Descartes' predecessors, through the Meditations, and on to the later reception of this seminal text. As an extra bonus the volume includes an important seventeenth-century English translation of Descartes' text. This volume will be used with profit by students of Descartes at every level. Daniel Garber, Princeton University