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020 _a9781107420649
082 _a194 WAG-S
100 _aWagner, Stephen I.
245 _aSquaring the circle in Descartes' Meditations :
_bthe strong validation of reason /
_cStephen I. Wagner
260 _aUnited Kingdom
_bCambridge University Press
_c2014
300 _a244 p.
365 _aGBP
_b18.99.
500 _aDescartes' Meditations is one of the most thoroughly analyzed of all philosophical texts. Nevertheless, central issues in Descartes' thought remain unresolved, particularly the problem of the Cartesian Circle. Most attempts to deal with that problem have weakened the force of Descartes' own doubts or weakened the goals he was seeking. In this book, Stephen I. Wagner gives Descartes' doubts their strongest force and shows how he overcomes those doubts, establishing with metaphysical certainty the existence of a non-deceiving God and the truth of his clear and distinct perceptions. Wagner's innovative and thorough reading of the text clarifies a wide range of other issues that have been left unclear by previous commentaries, including the nature of the cogito discovery and the relationship between Descartes' proofs of God's existence. His book will be of great interest to scholars and upper-level students of Descartes, early modern philosophy and theology.
650 _aFirst philosophy
650 _aMeditationes de prima philosophia (Descartes, René)
999 _c31125
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