书名: Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue (Routledge Studies in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy)
作者: Richard Davies (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (July 6, 2001)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415251222
ISBN-13: 978-0415251228
Book Description
Descartes is often regarded as the founder of modern philosophy and is credited with placing the question of what we know and how we know it at centre stage. Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue seeks to reinsert his work and thought in its contemporary ethical and theological context.
Richard Davies mobilises the recently emerging notion of intellectual virtue to understand Descartes' philosophical enterprise as a whole. He examines the textual dynamics of Descartes' most famous writings in relation to background debates about human endeavour from Plato down to Descartes' own contemporaries. Bringing these materials together in an innovative format, Davies argues for a new approach to Descartes' ideas of scepticism and the sciences. The book also offers fresh interpretations of key passages from the Meditations.
Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue offers an original reassessment of some of the most important bodies of work in western philosophy.
Review
"Davies offers many acute close readings of familiar texts, readings which often show the texts in a new and convincing light ... supported by very wide reading." -- Anthony Kenny
About the Author
Richard Davies is Professor of the History of Philosophy at the University of Bergamo, Italy.
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作者: Richard Davies (Author)
出版社: Routledge; 1 edition (July 6, 2001)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0415251222
ISBN-13: 978-0415251228
Book Description
Descartes is often regarded as the founder of modern philosophy and is credited with placing the question of what we know and how we know it at centre stage. Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue seeks to reinsert his work and thought in its contemporary ethical and theological context.
Richard Davies mobilises the recently emerging notion of intellectual virtue to understand Descartes' philosophical enterprise as a whole. He examines the textual dynamics of Descartes' most famous writings in relation to background debates about human endeavour from Plato down to Descartes' own contemporaries. Bringing these materials together in an innovative format, Davies argues for a new approach to Descartes' ideas of scepticism and the sciences. The book also offers fresh interpretations of key passages from the Meditations.
Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue offers an original reassessment of some of the most important bodies of work in western philosophy.
Review
"Davies offers many acute close readings of familiar texts, readings which often show the texts in a new and convincing light ... supported by very wide reading." -- Anthony Kenny
About the Author
Richard Davies is Professor of the History of Philosophy at the University of Bergamo, Italy.
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