Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue

by Richard Davies

2021-01-01 14:11:52

Descartes is often regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, and is credited with placing at centre stage the question of what we know and how we know it. Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue seeks to reinsert his work and thought in its cont... Read more
Descartes is often regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, and is credited with placing at centre stage the question of what we know and how we know it. Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue seeks to reinsert his work and thought in its contemporary ethical and theological context. Richard Davies explores the much neglected notion of intellectual virtue as it applies to Descartes'' inquiry as a whole. He examines the textual dynamics of Descartes'' most famous writings in relation to background debates about human endeavour from Plato down to Descartes'' own contemporaries. Bringing these materials together in a novel format, Davies argues for a new approach to Descartes'' ideas of scepticism and the sciences. The book also offers fresh interpretations of key passages of the Meditations . Descartes: Belief, Scepticism and Virtue offers an original reassessment of some of the most important bodies of work in Western Philosophy. Less

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File size9.02 X 5.98 X 0 in
Print pages384
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date December 3, 2014
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780415251228
RICHARD DAVIES is an economist based in London. He is a fellow at the London School of Economics, and has held senior posts in economic policymaking and journalism. He has been Chair of the Council of...

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