Husserl has enjoyed a revival of interest in recent years and the Cartesian Meditations is perhaps his most widely read text. Based on Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, this book is an introduction to Husserl's phenomenology. Husserl attempts to show how Descartes discovered the transcendental perspective which is essential to any genuine philosophy.
Husserl has enjoyed a revival of interest in recent years and the Cartesian Meditations is perhaps his most widely read text. Based on Descartes' Medi...
Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109 CE), in his work Proslogion, originated the "ontological argument" for God's existence, famously arguing that "something than which nothing greater can be conceived," which he identifies with God, must actually exist, for otherwise something greater could indeed be conceived. Some commentators have claimed that although Anselm may not have been conscious of the fact, the Proslogion as well as his Reply to Gaunilo contains passages that constitute a second independent proof: a "modal ontological argument" that concerns the supposed...
Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109 CE), in his work Proslogion, originated the "ontological argument" for God's existence, famously arguing tha...
