The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics

The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics
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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 0872204065
ISBN-13 : 9780872204065
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Book Synopsis The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics by : Richard A. Watson

Download or read book The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics written by Richard A. Watson and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. Far more radical in its conclusions than his 1966 study The Downfall of Cartesianism (a slightly revised version of which forms the main body of the current work), Watson argues that Descartes's ontology is incoherent and vacuous, his epistemology deceptive, and his theology unorthodox--indeed, that Descartes knows nothing.


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