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Cartesian metaphysics : the late scholastic origins of modern philosophy /

Main Author: Secada, Jorge.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650 > Contributions in metaphysics.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650 > Contributions in essentialism.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650 > Contributions in metaphysics > Contributions in essentialism.
Descartes, René
Metaphysics.
Essentialism (Philosophy)
Scholasticism > History.
Philosophy, Modern > 17th century.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Metafysica.
Scholastiek.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The unity of Cartesian metaphysics
  • 1. Descartes's essentialist metaphysics
  • 2. Scepticism, scholasticism and the origins of Descartes's philosophy
  • 3. Cartesian real essences
  • Part II. Ideas and the road from essence to existence
  • 4. Ideas and the world in the mind
  • 5. My wax, my intellect and I
  • 6. Essentialism and the existence of God
  • Part III. Cartesian substances
  • 7. The substantial tension
  • 8. The essence and the existence of Cartesian substances
  • 9. The real distinction or the body and the minds.

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