The plain truth Descartes, Huet, and skepticism / by Thomas M. Lennon.
| Author/creator | Lennon, Thomas M. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | xi, 255 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 170 |
| Contents | People -- Who was Huet? -- The Censura : why and when? -- The birth of skepticism -- Malebranche's surprising silence -- The downfall of Cartesianism -- Kinds -- Huet a Cartesian? -- Descartes and skepticism : the standard interpretation -- Descartes and skepticism : the texts -- Thoughts -- The cogito : an inference? -- The transparency of mind -- The cogito as pragmatic tautology -- Doubts -- The reality of doubt -- The generation of doubt -- The response to doubt -- Rules -- The criterion of truth -- The trump argument -- Circles -- The simple circularity of the Meditations -- The inner circle(s) -- Gods -- Gassendist influences -- The objections of objections -- The rejection of intentionality -- Virtues -- Descartes's voice -- Betting the family farm -- The propagation of light -- The heart-beat -- The moving earth -- Faith and reason -- Descartes as methodological academic skeptic. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-249) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008029282 |
| ISBN | 9789004171152 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9004171150 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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