Cartesian Metaphysics: The Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521616140)

This is the first book-length study of Decartes' metaphysics to place it in its immediate historical context, the Late Scholastic philosophy of thinkers such as Su疵ez against which Descartes reacted. Jorge Secada views Cartesian philosophy as an "essentialist" reply to the "existentialism" of the School, and his discussion includes careful analyses and original interpretations of such central Cartesian themes as the role of skepticism, the theory of substance, and the dualism of mind and matter. His study offers a picture of Descartes' metaphysics that is both novel and philosophically illuminating.

Author: Jorge Secada
ISBN-10: 052161614X
ISBN-13: 9780521616140
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/02/2004
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d