Cartesian Nightmare
Author | : Peter A. Redpath |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2022-06-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004458918 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004458913 |
Rating | : 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Download or read book Cartesian Nightmare written by Peter A. Redpath and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the presupposition among professional philosophers that René Descartes is the Father of Modern Philosophy. It demonstrates by intensive textual analysis of Descartes's Discourse and Meditations that he inaugurated a new type of sophistry rather than a new way of conducting philosophy. Transcendental Sophistry is a synthesis of Renaissance humanism and Christian theology, especially the theology of creation. This striking re-evaluation of the achievement of Descartes opens the history of Western philosophy to radical reinterpretation.