Cartesian Logic: An Essay on Descartes's Conception of Inference

by Stephen Gaukroger

This book deals with a previously neglected episode in the history of logic and theories of cognition: the way in which conceptions of inference changed during the 17th century. Gaukroger focuses on the work of Descartes, contrasting his explanation of inference as an instantaneous grasp in accord with the natural light of reason with the Aristotelian view of inference as a discursive process. He offers a new interpretation of Descartes' contribution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198248253
• ISBN13: 9780198248255
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"