{"product_id":"silencing-the-demonas-advocate-ronald-rubin-9780804758161","title":"Silencing the Demonas Advocate: The Strategy of Descartesa Meditations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book attempts to explain \u003ci\u003eThe Meditations\u003c\/i\u003e (1641), a classic of Western philosophy in which Descartes tries to reach a predetermined end (\"perfect certainty\") by means of a definite method (\"the method of doubt\"). The author argues that many problems of interpretation--including notorious problems of circularity--arise from a failure to recognize that Descartes' strategy for attaining certainty is not to add support for his beliefs, but to subtract grounds for doubt. To explain this strategy, Rubin views Descartes as playing the role of a fictional character--The Demon's Advocate--whose beliefs are, in some respects, mirror images of Descartes' own. The purpose of \u003ci\u003eThe Meditations\u003c\/i\u003e, he contends, is to silence The Demon's Advocate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Rubin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804758166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804758161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.55h x 5.98w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008 pg. 3","brand":"Ronald Rubin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059762458879,"sku":"9780804758161","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c53ed625-46ce-4395-99aa-8a3e5d837ba6.jpg?v=1685060183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silencing-the-demonas-advocate-ronald-rubin-9780804758161","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}