Descartes's Meditations : an introduction /

Descartes's Meditations : an introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Wilson, Catherine, 1951-
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 271 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Cambridge introductions to key philosophical texts
Cambridge introductions to key philosophical texts.
Subject:
Descartes, René, -- 1596-1650. -- Meditationes de prima philosophia.
Meditationes de prima philosophia (Descartes, René)
First philosophy.
Metaphysics.
God -- Proof, Ontological.
First philosophy.
God -- Proof, Ontological.
Metaphysics.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11133311
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ISBN:0511078080
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-265) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:This new introduction to Descartes' Meditations will introduce student readers to some basic problems in the philosophy of language and the theory of perception. It is well-suited to university-level courses on Descartes, but can also be read with profit by students in other disciplines.
Other form:Print version: Wilson, Catherine, 1951- Descartes's Meditations. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521809819 0521007666
Standard no.:9780511078088
Review by Choice Review

Wilson (Univ. of British Columbia) takes novice readers of Descartes by the hand and walks them through the thicket of the six Meditations. Beginners will feel from time to time that the brambles are about all there is here: the larger Cartesian picture, which is not easily accessible to a modern philosopher writing in the analytic mode, is difficult to detect. Still, Wilson knows the text, and a student who sticks with her all the way will be rewarded. This is a good book if used in conjunction with a course on Descartes and with an instructor who can point out other ways to read the Meditations. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduates. R. T. Lee Trinity College

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