Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen

The Defense of Reason in Descartes's Meditations

AvHarry G. Frankfurt

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

In this classic work, best-selling author Harry Frankfurt provides a compelling analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes's Meditations, but also constitutes the central preoccupation of modern philosophy: on what basis can reason claim to provide any justification for the truth of our beliefs? Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen provides an ingenious account of Descartes's defense of reason against his own famously skeptical doubts that he might be a madman, dreaming, or, worse yet, deceived by an evil demon into believing falsely. Frankfurt's masterful and imaginative reading of Descartes's seminal work not only stands the test of time; one imagines Descartes himself nodding in agreement.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-11-18
Mått:140 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Princeton University Press
Medarbetare:RebeccaNewberger Goldstein
ISBN:9780691134161

Utforska kategorier

Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Harry G. Frankfurt is professor of philosophy emeritus at Princeton University. His books include the best-selling "On Bullshit" and "The Reasons of Love"

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Harry G. Frankfurt, 2017 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecturer, American Council of Learned Societies

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Rebecca Goldstein vii Preface to the Princeton Edition xiii Preface xvii Part One: THE FIRST MEDITATION CHAPTER 1: Introduction 3 CHAPTER 2: The General Overthrow of Belief 19 CHAPTER 3: The Criterion of Doubt 32 CHAPTER 4: The Perception of the Physical World 43 CHAPTER 5: The Strategy of the First Meditation 60 CHAPTER 6: Simple and Universal Things 75 CHAPTER 7: Mathematics in the First Meditation 84 CHAPTER 8: Mathematics and the Omnipotent Deceiver 93 CHAPTER 9: Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen 108 Part Two: REASON AND ITS VALIDATION CHAPTER 10: Sum 123 CHAPTER 11: Sum res cogitans 154 CHAPTER 12: Clear and Distinct Perception 175 CHAPTER 13: Objections to Descartes's Rule of Evidence 200 CHAPTER 14: Memory and Doubt 215 CHAPTER 15: The Validation of Reason 235 CHAPTER 16: Truth and Reality: The Galileo Controversy 250 Index 257