{"product_id":"the-proof-of-the-external-steven-m-duncan-9781556351099","title":"The Proof of the External World: Cartesian Theism and the Possibility of Knowledge","description":"\"Descartes' attempt to ground the possibility of human knowledge in the existence of God was judged to be a complete failure by his contemporaries, and this remains the universal opinion of philosophers to this day, despite the fact that three and a half centuries of secular epistemology--which attempts to ground the possibility of knowledge either in the unaided human intellect or in natural processes--has failed to do any better. Further, the leading twentieth-century attempts at theistic epistemology reject both the conception of knowledge and the standards of epistemic evaluation that Descartes takes for granted. \"In this book--partly an interpretation of Descartes and partly an attempt to complete his project-- the author attempts to show that a theistic epistemology incorporating Platonic and Aristotelian\/Thomist elements can revitalize the Cartesian approach to the solution of the central problems of epistemology, including that most elusive of prizes--the proof of the external world.\" --From the author's preface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven M. Duncan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556351097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556351099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wipf \u0026amp; Stock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.37w x 0.53d","brand":"Steven M. Duncan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459534729471,"sku":"9781556351099","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1e503d6-2094-41d4-aa10-5b47a681d925.jpg?v=1777410287","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-proof-of-the-external-steven-m-duncan-9781556351099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}