Modern Project to Rigor

Descartes to Nietzsche

Inbunden, Engelska, 1985

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Building on the works of Popkin, Gilson, Fackenheim, and Kaufmann, the author expands the scope of what can be treated by the hypothesis of skepticism or pursuit of rigor in the modern world.

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Utgivningsdatum:1985-12-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:University Press of America
ISBN:9780819150806

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Patrick Madigan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University.

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...a very useful, thoughtful reflection woven out of a single threading theme: that Descartes' project to defeat the sceptic initiates a relentless pursuit of reason-as-rigor, wherein this reason impregnated with the seeds of suspicion (Descartes' malin genie) increasingly threatens the very freedom that launched the 'modern project to rigor.' What is especially praiseworthy is the author's success in displaying, with broad brush strokes, accented by occasional detail, a vital lineage between Descartes and Nietzsche. Review of Metaphysics ...a very useful, thoughtful reflection woven out of a single threading theme: that Descartes' project to defeat the sceptic initiates a relentless pursuit of reason-as-rigor, wherein this reason impregnated with the seeds of suspicion (Descartes' malin genie) increasingly threatens the very freedom that launched the 'modern project to rigor.' What is especially praiseworthy is the author's success in displaying, with broad brush strokes, accented by occasional detail, a vital lineage between Descartes and Nietzsche. Review of Metaphysics