Originally published in 1940, this book provides a thorough discussion of Rene Descartes philosophy of metaphysics, examining the three major points of the mind and body, freedom of the will and religion and science. Specific chapters are devoted to the Cartesian theory and the Meditations, in particular the Sixth. "
Originally published in 1940, this book provides a thorough discussion of Rene Descartes philosophy of metaphysics, examining the three major point...
When originally published in 1952, this book filled a gap in the history of philosophy and science and remains an important work today, because it puts the main mathematical and physical discoveries of Descartes in an accessible form, for the benefit of English readers. Descartes is acknowledged to be the founder of modern mathematics, through his invention of analytical geometry and this volume charts Descartes role in bringing a unity into algebra and geometry and the development of mathematics into a discipline which could be properly analysed. Carefully paraphrasing the Geometrie, this...
When originally published in 1952, this book filled a gap in the history of philosophy and science and remains an important work today, because it ...
