Principles of Philosophy
Title | Principles of Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Reuven Agushevits |
Publisher | KTAV Publishing House, Inc. |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Judaism and philosophy |
ISBN | 9781602800243 |
"Principles of Philosophy is an attempt, by a self-taught genius, to persuade the Yiddish speaking public that philosophy has not lost its central importance vis a vis both religion and science. He does this, first, by identifying religion with philosophy - and he is the first Orthodox rabbi since Maimonides to do so. Next, he argues that philosophical principles, which are broader than those of science, are at the basis of all existence, and that the same principles that account for the organization of matter can account for the varieties of human organization (and disorganization). He argues, finally, that the study of philosophy itself can lead to the weakening of egotism and the strengthening of altruism."--BOOK JACKET.
Descartes' Dream
Title | Descartes' Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Philip J. Davis |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 354 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 0486442527 |
These provocative essays take a modern look at the 17th-century thinker's dream, examining the influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances. They survey the conditions that elicit the application of mathematic principles; the applications' effectiveness; and how applied mathematics transform perceptions of reality. 1987 edition.
Cogito, Ergo Sum
Title | Cogito, Ergo Sum PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Watson |
Publisher | David R. Godine Publisher |
Total Pages | 392 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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It was Descartes (1596-1650), says Watson (philosophy, Washington U., St. Louis), who established (or perhaps discovered) the rules of Reason, the foundation on which science and philosophy have been constructed since his time. He explores the life of the mathematician and philosopher, for readers who have no background in either field, but would l
Descartes' Error
Title | Descartes' Error PDF eBook |
Author | Antonio Damasio |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 338 |
Release | 2005-09-27 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 014303622X |
Since Descartes famously proclaimed, "I think, therefore I am," science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person’s true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended, until recently, to concentrate on the cognitive aspects of brain function, disregarding emotions. This attitude began to change with the publication of Descartes’ Error in 1995. Antonio Damasio—"one of the world’s leading neurologists" (The New York Times)—challenged traditional ideas about the connection between emotions and rationality. In this wondrously engaging book, Damasio takes the reader on a journey of scientific discovery through a series of case studies, demonstrating what many of us have long suspected: emotions are not a luxury, they are essential to rational thinking and to normal social behavior.
Descartes and His Contemporaries
Title | Descartes and His Contemporaries PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Ariew |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 280 |
Release | 1995-10-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780226026299 |
Before publishing his landmark Meditations in 1641, Rene Descartes sent his manuscript to many leading thinkers to solicit their objections to his arguments. He included these objections, along with his own detailed replies, as part of the first edition. This unusual strategy gave Descartes a chance to address criticisms in advance and to demonstrate his willingness to consider diverse viewpoints—critical in an age when radical ideas could result in condemnation by church and state, or even death. Descartes and his Contemporaries recreates the tumultuous intellectual community of seventeenth-century Europe and provides a detailed, modern analysis of the Meditations in its historical context. The book's chapters examine the arguments and positions of each of the objectors—Hobbes, Gassendi, Arnauld, Morin, Caterus, Bourdin, and others whose views were compiled by Mersenne. They illuminate Descartes' relationships to the scholastics and particularly the Jesuits, to Mersenne's circle with its debates about the natural sciences, to the Epicurean movements of his day, and to the Augustinian tradition. Providing a glimpse of the interactions among leading 17th-century intellectuals as they grappled with major philosophical issues, this book sheds light on how Descartes' thought developed and was articulated in opposition to the ideas of his contemporaries.
The Cambridge Companion to Descartes
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Descartes PDF eBook |
Author | John Cottingham |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 540 |
Release | 1992-09-25 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1139824910 |
Descartes occupies a position of pivotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes' extraordinary philosophical achievement. His life and the development of his thought, as well as the intellectual background to and reception of his work, are treated at length. At the core of the volume are a group of chapters on his metaphysics: the celebrated 'Cogito' argument, the proofs of God's existence, the 'Cartesian circle' and the dualistic theory of the mind and its relation to his theological and scientific views. Other chapters cover the philosophical implications of his work in algebra, his place in the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, the structure of his physics, and his work on physiology and psychology.
Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings
Title | Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings PDF eBook |
Author | René Descartes |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 2003-08-28 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0141936061 |
Of all the works of the man claimed by many as the father of modern philosophy, the MEDITATIONS, first published in 1641, must surely be Rene Descartes' masterpiece. This volume consists of not only a new translation of the original Latin text and the expanded objections and replies, but also includes selected correspondence and other metaphysical writings from the period 1641-49.