{"product_id":"descartes-2nd-edition-georges-dicker-9780195380323","title":"Descartes, 2nd edition: An Analytical and Historical Introduction","description":"A solid grasp of the main themes and arguments of the seventeenth-century philosopher René Descartes is essential for understanding modern thought, and a necessary entrée to the work of the Empiricists and Immanuel Kant. It is also crucial to the study of contemporary epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. This new edition of Georges Dicker's commentary on Descartes's masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eMeditations on First Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e, features a new chapter on the Fourth Meditation and improved treatments of the famous \u003cem\u003ecogito ergo sum\u003c\/em\u003e and the notorious problem of the Cartesian Circle, among numerous other improvements and updates. Clear and accessible, it serves as an introduction to Descartes's ideas for undergraduates and as a sophisticated companion to his \u003cem\u003eMeditations\u003c\/em\u003e for advanced readers. The volume provides a thorough discussion of several basic issues of epistemology and metaphysics elicited from the main themes and arguments of the \u003cem\u003eMeditations\u003c\/em\u003e. It also delves into the work's historical background and critical reception. Dicker offers his own assessments of the Cartesian Doubt, the \u003cem\u003ecogito\u003c\/em\u003e, the causal and ontological proofs of God's existence, Cartesian freedom and theodicy, Cartesian Dualism, and Descartes's views about the existence and nature of the material world. The commentary also incorporates a wealth of recent Descartes scholarship, and inculcates -- but does not presuppose -- knowledge of the methods of contemporary analytic philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Georges Dicker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195380320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195380323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Georges Dicker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245032501503,"sku":"9780195380323","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_48be7512-71c1-4489-bfcd-973be34bb231.jpg?v=1693925734","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/descartes-2nd-edition-georges-dicker-9780195380323","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}