The plain truth : Descartes, Huet, and skepticism / by Thomas M. Lennon

Englisch

Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2008

XI, 255 S. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-249) and index

978-90-04-17115-2 hbk. : no price

People -- Who was Huet? -- The censura : why and when? -- The birth of skepticism -- Malebranche's surprising silence -- The downfall of cartesianism -- Kinds -- Huet a cartesian? -- Descartes and skepticism : the standard interpretation -- Descartes and skepticism : the texts -- Thoughts -- The cogito : an inference? -- The transparency of mind -- The cogito as pragmatic tautology -- Doubts -- The reality of doubt -- The generation of doubt -- The response to doubt -- Rules -- The criterion of truth -- The trump argument -- Circles -- The simple circularity of the meditations -- The inner circle(s) -- Gods -- Gassendist influences -- The objections of objections -- The rejection of intentionality -- Virtues -- Descartes's voice -- Betting the family farm -- The propagation of light -- The heart-beat -- The moving earth -- Faith and reason -- Descartes as methodological academic skeptic

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*Descartes, René *1596-1650* / Huet, Pierre Daniel *1630-1721* / Skeptizismus

*Descartes, René -- 1596-1650 ; Huet, Pierre-Daniel -- 1630-1721 ; Skepticism

*Descartes / René / 1596-1650 ; Huet / Pierre-Daniel / 1630-1721 ; Skepticism

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: B1878.S55

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Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: CF 1300: CA-CK Philosophie / CD-CK Geschichte der Philosophie / Sammelwerke/Texte nicht aufgeführter Autoren

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: CF 3017: CA-CK Philosophie / CD-CK Geschichte der Philosophie / Abhandlungen, Studien

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