Descartes and the Doubting Mind (Continuum Studies in Philosophy)

by JamesHill (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2012

  $227.32

  Descartes' characterisation of the mind as a 'thinking thing' marks the beginning of modern philosophy of mind. It is also the point of departure for Descartes' own system in which the mind is the first object of knowledge for those who reason 'in an orderly way'. This book shows that the Cartesian mind has been widely misunderstood.