Argument and Persuasion in Descartes' Meditations |
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| Author:
| Cunning, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-938030-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $42.99 |
Book Description:
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This monograph on Descartes' "Meditations" shows that it is as much about pedagogy as it is about truth. Every single claim of the Meditations is advanced from the first-person point-of-view of Descartes' meditator, who is not a Cartesian at the start of inquiry. Cunning's reading shows that "The Meditations" is the transcript of his cognitive progress. This new reading of a canonical philosophical text will interest all scholars of early modern philosophy.
This monograph on Descartes' "Meditations" shows that it is as much about pedagogy as it is about truth. Every single claim of the Meditations is advanced from the first-person point-of-view of Descartes' meditator, who is not a Cartesian at the start of inquiry. Cunning's reading shows that "The Meditations" is the transcript of his cognitive progress. This new reading of a canonical philosophical text will interest all scholars of early modern philosophy.