Descartes & Poinsot: The Crossroad of Signs and Ideas (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781589661745)

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Descartes & Poinsot: The Crossroad of Signs and Ideas

$25.00

Descartes & Poinsot: The Crossroad of Signs and Ideas

$25.00
Format: Hardcover
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René Descartes (1596-1650) and John Poinsot (1589-1644) were contemporaries who stood, unbeknownst to them, at a crossroads in the history of philosophy. While Poinsot's work on semiotics became unfashionable after his death, Descartes' theory of ideas carried modern philosophy down a different path that proved to be a dead end. In Descartes & Poinsot, John Deely contends that semiotics can lead us beyond the rationalist trap of modernity. This innovative volume reveals that Poinsot's forgotten philosophies provide the missing link between the ancients and the postmodern.

Author: John Deely
ISBN-10: 1589661745
ISBN-13: 9781589661745
Publisher: University of Scranton Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2008
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d
By John Deely
By John Deely
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John Deely holds the Rudman Chair in Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, Houston. He is the author of Intentionality and Semiotics, also published by the University of Scranton Press.

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