Descartes: An Intellectual Biography
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1995
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-823994-9 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-823994-9 (ISBN)
Starting from the formula "Cogito ergo sum", this is intellectual biography of Descartes traces his intellectual development from childhood, establishing the connections between his intellectual and personal life, and placing these in the context of the cultural environment of the time.
Descartes is one of the greatest of all thinkers. Modern philosophy is generally taken to begin with him. His unique contribution to Western thought covers not only philosophy but also science and mathematics; his studies in mechanics and optics have provided modern science with tools still used and work still built on today.
This is the first intellectual biography of Descartes in English. Stephen Gaukroger traces his intellectual development from childhood, establishes the connections between his intellectual and personal life, and placing these in the context of the cultural environment of the time, offers a fundamental reassessment of all aspects of his life and work. It is usually assumed that there is a little development in Descartes' thought, but this biography shows evidence of very significant changes of view and a general shift in his concern away from natural philosophy following the condemnation of Galileo by the Church in 1633.
Starting with a full account of Descartes' early scientific work, Dr Gaukroger shows how it informed and influenced his later philosophical studies. On this new view, Descartes' philosophical work was meant not a self-contained exercise in epistemology and scepticism, but rather as a defence of his physical doctrines against a hostile Church.
This book allows for the first time a full understanding of Descartes' ideas in the context of his life and times. It will be welcomed by all readers interested in the origins of modern thought.
Descartes is one of the greatest of all thinkers. Modern philosophy is generally taken to begin with him. His unique contribution to Western thought covers not only philosophy but also science and mathematics; his studies in mechanics and optics have provided modern science with tools still used and work still built on today.
This is the first intellectual biography of Descartes in English. Stephen Gaukroger traces his intellectual development from childhood, establishes the connections between his intellectual and personal life, and placing these in the context of the cultural environment of the time, offers a fundamental reassessment of all aspects of his life and work. It is usually assumed that there is a little development in Descartes' thought, but this biography shows evidence of very significant changes of view and a general shift in his concern away from natural philosophy following the condemnation of Galileo by the Church in 1633.
Starting with a full account of Descartes' early scientific work, Dr Gaukroger shows how it informed and influenced his later philosophical studies. On this new view, Descartes' philosophical work was meant not a self-contained exercise in epistemology and scepticism, but rather as a defence of his physical doctrines against a hostile Church.
This book allows for the first time a full understanding of Descartes' ideas in the context of his life and times. It will be welcomed by all readers interested in the origins of modern thought.
Reader in Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Stephen Gaukroger is Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities, and President of the Australian Society for the History of Philosophy.
Preface; Chronological Table; Introduction ; 1. 'A Learned and Eloquent Piety' ; 2. An Education in Propriety, 1606-1618 ; 3. The Apprenticeship with Beeckman, 1618-1619 ; 4. The Search for Method, 1619-1625 ; 5. The Paris Years, 1625-1628 ; 6. A New Beginning, 1629-1630 ; 7. A New System of the World, 1630-1633 ; 8. The Years of Consolidation, 1634-1640 ; 9. Natural Philosophy and Orthodoxy, 1640-1644 ; Biographical Sketches; Select Bibliography; Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.3.1995 |
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Zusatzinfo | halftones, line figures |
Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 166 x 243 mm |
Gewicht | 1034 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-823994-7 / 0198239947 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-823994-9 / 9780198239949 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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