Historical Dictionary of Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy, Second Edition

by Roger Ariew, Theo Verbeek, Tad M Schmaltz, et al.

Descartes is perhaps most closely associated with the title, "the Father of Modern Philosophy." Generations of students have been introduced to the study of philosophy through a consideration of his Meditations on First Philosophy. His contributions to natural science is shown by the fact that his physics, as promulgated by the Cartesians, played a central role in the debates after his death over Isaac Newton's theory of gravitation. Descartes also...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442247681
• ISBN13: 9781442247680
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"