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Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy : An Edinburgh Philosophical Guide / Kurt Brandhorst.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Philosophical Guides : EPGPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748634798
  • 9780748634811
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  • 194 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Note on Texts Cited -- 1. Introduction and Historical Context -- 2. A Guide to the Text -- 3. Study Aids -- Further Reading -- Index
Summary: Descartes' Meditations is one of the most commonly studied texts in introductory philosophy courses. Rather than simply telling the reader what to think, Meditations invites them to undertake a philosophical journey for themselves. This book is designed to accompany readers on that journey; it prepares them for its demands, helps them to engage with each stage of the text, and suggests ways through the more difficult passages. Brandhorst offers students a fresh approach by bringing to life the path of self-discovery encapsulated in the work and maintaining the focus on metaphysics. Readers are guided through the text step-by-step, which encourages careful reading and presents them with the opportunity to learn to philosophise for themselves. This book engages with what the text says, rather than what is said about the text, in order to help readers discover - or rediscover - for themselves what Meditations has to say.Key FeaturesProvides a summary of the text and its key ideasSummarises the historical context of Descartes's seminal workIncludes a guide to further reading and study
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Note on Texts Cited -- 1. Introduction and Historical Context -- 2. A Guide to the Text -- 3. Study Aids -- Further Reading -- Index

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Descartes' Meditations is one of the most commonly studied texts in introductory philosophy courses. Rather than simply telling the reader what to think, Meditations invites them to undertake a philosophical journey for themselves. This book is designed to accompany readers on that journey; it prepares them for its demands, helps them to engage with each stage of the text, and suggests ways through the more difficult passages. Brandhorst offers students a fresh approach by bringing to life the path of self-discovery encapsulated in the work and maintaining the focus on metaphysics. Readers are guided through the text step-by-step, which encourages careful reading and presents them with the opportunity to learn to philosophise for themselves. This book engages with what the text says, rather than what is said about the text, in order to help readers discover - or rediscover - for themselves what Meditations has to say.Key FeaturesProvides a summary of the text and its key ideasSummarises the historical context of Descartes's seminal workIncludes a guide to further reading and study

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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