Cover of Descartes and the Possibility of Science

Book 2000

Descartes and the Possibility of Science

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Language
English
Published
2000
  • Philosophy of science
  • Mind & Body
  • Free Will & Determinism
  • Philosophy
  • SCI
  • History & Surveys - Modern
  • Descartes, Renâe,
  • History

"This new book describes the intellectual structure of modern science as a body of knowledge produced by the Cartesian method. For Descartes, science was possible only because of certain features of the very nature of human beings. Peter A. Schouls focuses on two largely neglected aspects of Descartes's position: the intellectual imagination and free will.

Joining these topics together within the context of Cartesian doctrine, Schouls opens up a substantially new reading of the Meditations and a more complete picture of Descartes as a scientist."--BOOK JACKET.