Descartes' Meditations Background Source Materials |
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| Editor:
| Ariew, Roger
Sorell, Tom
Cottingham, John |
| Series title: | Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-17284-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | AUD $270.00 |
Book Description:
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The texts gathered here illustrate the kinds of principles, assumptions, and philosophical methods that were commonplace when Descartes was growing up and shaped the writing of Descartes' Meditations. The purpose of the series Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context is to allow students to comprehend the context in which these texts emerged by providing the primary materials that are their source and intellectual background.
The texts gathered here illustrate the kinds of principles, assumptions, and philosophical methods that were commonplace when Descartes was growing up and shaped the writing of Descartes' Meditations. The purpose of the series Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context is to allow students to comprehend the context in which these texts emerged by providing the primary materials that are their source and intellectual background.