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Author: Stephen Gaukroger
Published Date: 17 Jul 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Paperback::520 pages
ISBN10: 0198237243
ISBN13: 9780198237242
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Geneviéve Rodis-Lewis is uniquely qualified to celebrate René Descartes. This major intellectual biography illuminates the personal and historical events of Descartes's life, from his birth and early years in France to his death in Sweden, his burial, and the fate of his remains. Concerned not only with historical events but also from book The biographical encyclopedia of astronomers. Vol. 1: A L, Vol. 2: M Z (pp.292-294). Descartes, René Descartes: An Intellectual Biography. Article. Descartes: An Intellectual Biography 520 Pages - 2009 - 35.66 MB - 4,410 Downloads -English Download Gaukroger ends his introduction with the words: "An intellectual biography forces one to think in very specific terms, hopefully yielding a kind of understanding which historians of philosophy of science have missed". This point of view marks one of the strengths as well as one of the weaknesses of this work on Descartes. W. B. Fye: René Descartes the circulation in his 1644 book, Two Treatises.Dutch physi-cian James de Back criticized Descartes in an 1648 essay, Dissertatio de Corde, that was appended to the 1648 Rotter-dam edition of Harvey s book on the circulation. This is the first intellectual biography of Descartes in English. Stephen Gaukroger provides a rich, authoritative account of Descartes' intellectual and personal development, understood in its historical context, and offers a Descartes - An Intellectual Biography book. Read reviews from world's largest community for readers. Ren Descartes's insights into the nature of knowled The World, also called Treatise on the Light (French title: Traité du monde et de la lumière), is a book René Descartes (1596 1650). Written between 1629 and 1633, it contains a nearly complete version of his philosophy, from method, to metaphysics, to physics and biology. An introduction to the First Meditation of René Descartes Bibliography Meditations on First Philosophy, translated John Cottingham, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Cottingham, John (ed), 1992, The Cambridge Companion to Descartes, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Descartes: An Intellectual Biography Stephen Gaukroger. René Descartes's insights into the nature of knowledge and the mind have inspired awe and debate The Scientific Career of René Descartes [Sci- ence History Publications, 1991]), Stephen. Gaukroger an intellectual biography (Descartes: An Intellectual Synopsis. René Descartes was born on March 31, 1596, in La Haye en Touraine, France. He was extensively educated, first at a Jesuit college at age 8, then earning a law degree at 22, but an influential teacher set him on a course to apply mathematics and logic to understanding the natural world. Stephen Gaukroger's previous work on Rene Descartes inevitably leads one to expect nothing less in his new study than a highly suggestive, provocative, and reconstructive appraisal of the "father of modern philosophy." The reader of this first, and not likely to be surpassed, intellectual biography of Descartes will not be disappointed. biography of René Descartes is on balance a useful addition to A clear pic- ture comes through of Descartes' intellectual persona, psychological quirks, and Just to be clear, there is no single best book on Descartes. The best Descartes: An Intellectual Biography Stephen Gaukroger. Category: Descartes: an intellectual biography User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. Like Daniel Garber's Descartes' Metaphysical Physics (LJ 5/1/92), this book goes far beyond the usual treatment of Descartes merely as an epistemologist (although that important aspect of his thinking Descartes: "Descartes was a French mathematician, scientist and philosopher who has been called the father of modern philosophy. His school studies made him dissatisfied with previous philosophy: He had a deep religious faith as a Catholic, which he retained to his dying day, along with a resolute, passionate desire to discover the truth. René Descartes einnig þekktur sem Cartesius latínu (31. Mars 1596 11. Febrúar 1650) var franskur stærðfræðingur og heimspekingur og vísindamaður. Descartes er stundum nefndur faðir nútímaheimspeki og faðir nútímastærðfræði en mikið af nýaldarheimspeki var beinlínis viðbragð við kenningum hans. Descartes:An Intellectual Biography Stephen Gaukroger. (review). Desmond J. FitzGerald. The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review, Volume 62, Descartes: An Intellectual Biography Stephen Gaukroger, 9780198239949, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. 1649-1700 (Wikimedia Commons) René Descartes was born in the town of La Haye (now Stephen Gaukroger, Descartes: An Intellectual Biography (Oxford: Gaukroger ends his introduction with the words: "An intellectual biography forces one to think in very specific terms, hopefully yielding a kind of understanding which historians of philosophy of science have missed". This point of view marks one of the strengths as well as one of the weaknesses of this work on Descartes. René Descartes of gelatiniseerd Renatus Cartesius (La Haye en Touraine, 31 maart 1596 Stockholm, 11 februari 1650) was een Franse filosoof en wiskundige. Zijn benadering van het probleem van de kennis en de aard van de menselijke geest speelde een Descartes: An Intellectual Biography. Stephen Gaukroger. Oxford University. Press: 1995. Pp. 499. 25, $35. WHAT is an 'intellectual biography'? It. Descartes: An Intellectual Biography (English Edition) This point of view marks one of the strengths as well as one of the weaknesses of this work on Descartes. This intellectual biography offers a detailed exposition on the intellectual development and evolution of thought of René Descartes. Descartes: An Intellectual Biography Stephen Gaukroger Abstract. Stephen Gaukroger traces the development of Descartes's thought in the social, religious, and intellectual context of seventeenth century Europe. Gaukroger describes Descartes's upbringing and his education at the Jesuit La Flèche collège, and shows the role these René Descartes, né le 31 mars 1596 La Haye-en-Touraine (aujourd'hui Descartes) et mort le 11 février 1650 Stockholm, est un mathématicien, physicien et philosophe français. Il est considéré comme l un des fondateurs de la philosophie moderne. Descartes was born on 31 March 1596 in his maternal Further, important intellectual events were known at La Flèche, including the discovery René Descartes was born into a well-educated, upper-class family on March 31, 1596 in the French village of La Haye en Touraine. The village is now called Also consider what things you want to study, why you want to study them, what you hope to learn about your area of interest. Lastly, consider what contribution you want to make with your own research to our knowledge and understanding of communication. NOTE: This is not an autobiography; it is an intellectual autobiography. René Descartes was born on March 31, 1596, in La Haye, France. His father, Joachim, served in the Parliament of Descartes: An Intellectual Biography.

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