Synopses & Reviews
This accessible supplement makes Descartes text come alive for students by showing them how to read, think critically, and write about this key, classic work. Engaging interactive devices draw students into an intimate philosophical encounter that they can model in later work in philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction Your Philosophical Self-Portrait Reading Descartes Translators Preface MEDITATION I. On What Can Be Called Into Doubt MEDITATION II. On the Nature of the Human Mind, Which Is Better Known Than the Body MEDITATION III. On Gods Existence MEDITATION IV. On Truth and Falsity MEDITATION V. On the Essence of Material Objects and More on Gods Existence MEDITATION VI. On the Existence of Material Objects and the Real Distinction of Mind from Body An Analysis of Your Philosophical Self-Portrait Writing about Descartes Appendix A: Selections from Anselm, Aquinas, and Augustine Appendix B: Evidence, Conclusions, and Argument Surgery Suggested Reading