Descartes' Meditations Background Source Materials |
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| Editor:
| Ariew, Roger
Cottingham, John
Sorell, Tom |
| Contribution by:
| Cottingham, John
Garber, Daniel |
| Series title: | Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-48579-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1998 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $69.99 |
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.