Radical Cartesianism : the French reception of Descartes /

Main Author: Schmaltz, Tad M., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: radical Cartesianism in context
  • Robert Desgabets. Desgabets's Considérations, Arnauld, and Cartesianism
  • Three radical doctrines. The creation doctrine: indefectible material substance and God ; The intentionality doctrine: ideas and extra-mental objects ; The union doctrine: temporal human thought and motion
  • Pierre-Sylvain Regis. Huet's Censura, Malebranche, and platonism
  • Conclusion: 'a forgotten branch of Cartesianism'.