"Perhaps the most famous proposition in the history of philosophy in Descartes' cogito, "I think, therefore I am." Husain Sarkar claims in this provocative new interpretation of Descartes that the ancient tradition of reading the cogito as an argument is mistaken. It should, he s...

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1. Verfasser:	Sarkar, Husain (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2003
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Descartes, René <1596-1650> Descartes, René <1596-1650> - Criticism and interpretation Descartes, René > 1596-1650 Kennistheorie Erkenntnistheorie Cogito ergo sum
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Zusammenfassung:	"Perhaps the most famous proposition in the history of philosophy in Descartes' cogito, "I think, therefore I am." Husain Sarkar claims in this provocative new interpretation of Descartes that the ancient tradition of reading the cogito as an argument is mistaken. It should, he says, be read as an intuition. Through this new interpretative lens, the author reconsiders key Cartesian topics: the ideal inquirer; the role of clear and distinct ideas; the relation of these to the will; memory; the nature of intuition and deduction; the nature, content, and elusiveness of 'I'; and the tenability of the doctrine of the creation of eternal truths. Finally, the book demonstrates how Descartes' attempt to prove the existence of God is foiled by a new Cartesian Circle."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Beschreibung:	XVIII, 305 S.
ISBN:	0521821665