Towards the end of his life, Descartes published the first four parts of a projected six-part work, The Principles of Philosophy. This was intended to be the definitive statement of his complete system of philosophy, dealing with everything from cosmology to the nature of human happiness. Stephen Gaukroger examines the system, and reconstructs the last two parts, "On Living Things" and "On Man", from Descartes' other writings. He relates the work to the tradition of late Scholastic textbooks which it follows, and also to Descartes' other philosophical writings.
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"A most welcome addition to the critical literature on Descartes. There is perhaps no commentator still alive who commands both as synoptic a view of Descartes' philosophy in general and as precise an understanding of Cartesian natural science in particular as does Gaukroger. Illuminating.... fascinating analysis..." Philosophy in Review
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Towards the end of his life, Descartes published the first four parts of a projected six-part work, The Principles of Philosophy. This was intended to be the definitive statement of his complete system of philosophy, dealing with everything from cosmology to the nature of human happiness. Stephen Gaukroger examines the whole system, and reconstructs the last two parts, 'On Living Things' and 'On Man', from Descartes' other writings. He relates the work to the tradition of late Scholastic textbooks which it follows, and also to Descartes' other philosophical writings.
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In each of the decades of his maturity, Descartes embarked upon an unfinished project: the regulae in the 1620s, Le Monde/L'Homme in the 1630s, and the Principia in the 1640s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theologically driven metaphysics, globular matter, grooved particles, mechanist physiology, foundationalist metaphysics, distinct grasp, perceptual cognition, intrinsic directionality, textbook tradition, rectilinear inertia, inelastic bodies, hyperbolic doubt, mechanistic physiology, vortex theory, kinematic terms, dynamical concepts, universal mathematics, corporeal terms, corporeal organs, intellectual cognition, celestial matter, natural philosophy, developmental physiology, visual cognition, intellectual memory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Les Passions, Stephen Gaukroger, Middle Ages, Des Chene, Alan Gabbey, John Cottingham, Les Meteores, Les Principes, Francis Bacon, Newton's Principia, Christianised Aristotelianism, Church Fathers, John Schuster, Roman Inquisition, Lateran Council, Marquess of Newcastle, Metaphysical Physics, Newton's Physics, Christiaan Huygens, Infinite Universe, Peter of Spain, Pierre Gassendi, Sancto Paulo, The Hague New!
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In each of the decades of his maturity, Descartes embarked upon an unfinished project: the regulae in the 1620s, Le Monde/L'Homme in the 1630s, and the Principia in the 1640s. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theologically driven metaphysics, globular matter, grooved particles, mechanist physiology, foundationalist metaphysics, distinct grasp, perceptual cognition, intrinsic directionality, textbook tradition, rectilinear inertia, inelastic bodies, hyperbolic doubt, mechanistic physiology, vortex theory, kinematic terms, dynamical concepts, universal mathematics, corporeal terms, corporeal organs, intellectual cognition, celestial matter, natural philosophy, developmental physiology, visual cognition, intellectual memory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Les Passions, Stephen Gaukroger, Middle Ages, Des Chene, Alan Gabbey, John Cottingham, Les Meteores, Les Principes, Francis Bacon, Newton's Principia, Christianised Aristotelianism, Church Fathers, John Schuster, Roman Inquisition, Lateran Council, Marquess of Newcastle, Metaphysical Physics, Newton's Physics, Christiaan Huygens, Infinite Universe, Peter of Spain, Pierre Gassendi, Sancto Paulo, The Hague New!
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- Descartes' Natural Philosophy (Routledge Studies in Seventeenth Century Philosophy) by S. Gaukroger on 7 pages
- Descartes: Philosophy, Mathematics and Physics (Harvester readings in the history of science and philosophy ; v. 1) by Stephen Gaukroger on 4 pages
- Pierre Gassendi: From Aristotelianism to a New Natural Philosophy (Synthese Historical Library) by B. Brundell on page 35, page 55, and Back Matter
- Vortex Theory of Planetary Motions by E. J. Aiton on page 124, page 125, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy by C. B. Schmitt on page 39, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Cambridge Companion to Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Donald Rutherford in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Blackwell Guide to Descartes' Meditations (Blackwell Guides to Great Works) by Stephen Gaukroger in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Blackwell Guide to Descartes' Meditations (Blackwell Guides to Great Works) by Stephen Gaukroger in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Science of Nature in the Seventeenth Century: Patterns of Change in Early Modern Natural Philosophy (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science) by Peter R. Anstey on page 97, and page 162
- The Philosopher in Early Modern Europe: The Nature of a Contested Identity (Ideas in Context) by Conal Condren in Front Matter
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