"Schmaltz's book contains philosophically sophisticated treatments of a host of philosophical problems from the period which we should take seriously ... the book is well worth reading." Philosophy in Review

• Preface; A note on citation and translation; List of abbreviations; Introduction: radical Cartesianism in context; Part I. Robert Desgabets: 1. Desgabets's Considérations, Arnauld and Cartesianism; Part II. Three Radical Doctrines: 2. The creation doctrine: indefectible material substance and God; 3. The intentionality doctrine: ideas and extra-mental objects; 4. The union doctrine: temporal human thought and motion; Part III. Pierre-Sylvain Regis: 5. Huet's Censura, Malebranche and Platonism; Conclusion: 'a forgotten branch of Cartesianism'; Works cited; Index.

"Schmaltz's book contains philosophically sophisticated treatments of a host of philosophical problems from the period which we should take seriously ... the book is well worth reading." Philosophy in Review

• Preface; A note on citation and translation; List of abbreviations; Introduction: radical Cartesianism in context; Part I. Robert Desgabets: 1. Desgabets's Considérations, Arnauld and Cartesianism; Part II. Three Radical Doctrines: 2. The creation doctrine: indefectible material substance and God; 3. The intentionality doctrine: ideas and extra-mental objects; 4. The union doctrine: temporal human thought and motion; Part III. Pierre-Sylvain Regis: 5. Huet's Censura, Malebranche and Platonism; Conclusion: 'a forgotten branch of Cartesianism'; Works cited; Index.

"Schmaltz's book contains philosophically sophisticated treatments of a host of philosophical problems from the period which we should take seriously ... the book is well worth reading." Philosophy in Review

• Preface; A note on citation and translation; List of abbreviations; Introduction: radical Cartesianism in context; Part I. Robert Desgabets: 1. Desgabets's Considérations, Arnauld and Cartesianism; Part II. Three Radical Doctrines: 2. The creation doctrine: indefectible material substance and God; 3. The intentionality doctrine: ideas and extra-mental objects; 4. The union doctrine: temporal human thought and motion; Part III. Pierre-Sylvain Regis: 5. Huet's Censura, Malebranche and Platonism; Conclusion: 'a forgotten branch of Cartesianism'; Works cited; Index.