书名: Descartes' Cogito: Saved from the Great Shipwreck
作者: Husain Sarkar (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press (March 10, 2003)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521821665
ISBN-13: 978-0521821667
Book Description
Perhaps the most famous proposition in the history of philosophy is Descartes' cogito 'I think therefore I am'. Husain Sarkar claims in this provocative new interpretation of Descartes that the ancient tradition of reading the cogito as an argument is mistaken. It should, he says, be read as an intuition. Through this new interpretative lens, the author reconsiders key Cartesian topics: the ideal inquirer, the role of clear and distinct ideas, the relation of these to the will, memory, the nature of intuition and deduction, the nature, content and elusiveness of 'I', and the tenability of the doctrine of the creation of eternal truths. Finally, the book demonstrates how Descartes' attempt to prove the existence of God is foiled by a new Cartesian Circle.
Review
"...a very interesting and thought-provoking book that combines a systematic presentation and critique of the main ways of reading the cogito as an argument with a new approach to the Cartesian writings...as the author intended, a 'fresh perspective'." -- Philosophy in Review
"Sarkar moves, with care and erudition, through several centuries of scholarly examination of the cogito; most convincingly, he builds the case for its importance to Descartes' philosophy as a whole.... Highly recommended." -- Choice
About the Author
Catherine Wilson, University of British Columbia
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作者: Husain Sarkar (Author)
出版社: Cambridge University Press (March 10, 2003)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0521821665
ISBN-13: 978-0521821667
Book Description
Perhaps the most famous proposition in the history of philosophy is Descartes' cogito 'I think therefore I am'. Husain Sarkar claims in this provocative new interpretation of Descartes that the ancient tradition of reading the cogito as an argument is mistaken. It should, he says, be read as an intuition. Through this new interpretative lens, the author reconsiders key Cartesian topics: the ideal inquirer, the role of clear and distinct ideas, the relation of these to the will, memory, the nature of intuition and deduction, the nature, content and elusiveness of 'I', and the tenability of the doctrine of the creation of eternal truths. Finally, the book demonstrates how Descartes' attempt to prove the existence of God is foiled by a new Cartesian Circle.
Review
"...a very interesting and thought-provoking book that combines a systematic presentation and critique of the main ways of reading the cogito as an argument with a new approach to the Cartesian writings...as the author intended, a 'fresh perspective'." -- Philosophy in Review
"Sarkar moves, with care and erudition, through several centuries of scholarly examination of the cogito; most convincingly, he builds the case for its importance to Descartes' philosophy as a whole.... Highly recommended." -- Choice
About the Author
Catherine Wilson, University of British Columbia
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