The Routledge Guidebook To Descartes’ Meditations pdf

The Routledge Guidebook To Descartes’ Meditations

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PART IOverview and Synopsis11 Descartes’ project3Descartes’ world4Education7Gentleman soldier and mathematical scientist10A new method11A mission in life12The method made general14Metaphysical turn18A unified physics20The Discourse and the method24The Meditations27Subsequent works29Reception and influence32Reading Descartes today36References and further reading372 Reading the Meditations40Method in the Meditations41Overview and front matter (7:1–16)46The Meditations proper (7:17–90)51Objections and Replies (7:91–561)60Following the argument62Interpretive threads64References and further reading68PART IIThe arguments of the six Meditations713 Withdrawing the mind from the senses73Meditation 1: What can be called into doubt73Project (7:17–18)75Standard for doubting (7:18)77Sensory foundations (7:18)78Sensory fallibility (7:18–19); Dream argument (7:19)79Painter’s analogy (7:19–20)80Deceiving God (7:21); Mathematics dubitable (7:21)83Use doubt to gain knowledge (7:22)89Posit malicious demon as aid to will (7:22–23)91On what is and is not called into doubt92References and further reading1024 Discovering the nature of mind104Meditation 2: The nature of the human mind, and how itis better known than body104The Archimedean point (7:23–24)105Review of doubt (7:24); Cogito reasoning (7:24–25)106Nature of “I” as thinking thing (7:25–27)122Mind’s relation to body unknown (7:27); Mind itself notimageable (7:27–28)124 Variety and unity of thoughts (7:28–29)126Wax argument – knowledge of body (7:29–33)129Analysis of perceptual judgment (7:32)137Mind better known than body (7:33–34)139The cogito investigation141References and further reading1435 Truth, God, and the circle146Meditation 3: The existence of God146Review: doubts

body, knows mind (7:34–35)147Extraction of truth rule, clear and distinctperception (7:35)147Dialectic of doubt (7:35–36)150Review of sources of ideas (7:36–40)154Natural light (7:38–39)163Degrees of reality in ideas (objective and formalbeing) (7:40)165Causal principle (7:40–42)167First proof of God’s existence, from the idea of God(7:42–47)169Second proof, from preservation (7:47–51)173Idea of God innate (7:51–52)174God is no deceiver; divine light (7:52)177The Cartesian circle177References and further reading1886 Judgment, error, and freedom191Meditation 4: Truth and falsity191Review: immaterial things known without images(7:52–53)192God is no deceiver (7:53)192Implications for my mental power (7:53–56)193Analysis of judgment: intellect/will (7:56–57)195Analysis of error, consistent with God’s goodness(7:56–62)197Freedom of will (7:57–59)200 Clear and distinct perception is true (7:62)206The truth rule and the will207The divine guarantee and the circle208References and further reading2097 Matter, God, and the circle again211Meditation 5: The essence of material things, and theexistence of God considered a second time211Essence of matter is extension (7:63, 71)212Innate ideas of essences (7:63–65)215Ontological argument (7:65–68)221Clear and distinct perception as sole method found(7:68–69)233Knowledge of God needed to banish doubt (7:69–71)234God and the circle235References and further reading2438 The natural world and the mind–body relation245Meditation 6: The existence of material things, and thereal distinction between mind and body245Intellect versus imagination (7:71–73)246Review of doubt about senses (7:74–78)250Mind–body distinction (7:78)253Mind as intellectual substance (7:78–79)265External

objects exist (7:78–80)267Mind–body union (7:80–81)271Role of senses versus intellect (7:82–83)277Analysis of sensory error (7:83–89)280Removal of dream doubt (7:89–90)284The world regained286References and further reading287PART IIIBeyond the Meditations2899 The new science: physics, physiology, and the passions291Descartes’ revolution in physics293 xiCONTENTSFoundations for physics299A mechanical philosophy309Mechanized body, embodied mind311Role of experience, experiment319References and further reading 32110 Legacy and contribution 324Philosophical problems: epistemological andmetaphysical 325Science and metaphysics 331Mind and body 333The wisdom of the body 338Descartes now 341References and further reading 342Appendix 346Arguments, demonstrations, and logical form 346References and further reading 352

• Creator/s: Rene Descartes
• Date: 2016
• Book Topics/Themes: Philosophy

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