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Locke and Cartesian philosophy /

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Twelve original essays by an international team of scholars investigate the relation of John Locke's thought to Descartes and Cartesianism. They explore not only these philosophers' theories of knowledge, but also their views on natural philosophy, metaphysics and religion.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hamou, Philippe, 1965- (Editor), Pécharman, Martine (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Locke, John, > 1632-1704.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650.
Table of Contents:
  • Locke and Descartes : the initial exposure, 1658-1671 / J. R. Milton
  • Locke and Cartesian cosmology / Peter R. Anstey
  • The Cartesian element in Locke's anti-Cartesian conception of body / James Hill
  • Are body and extension the same thing? : Locke versus Descartes (versus More) / Lisa Downing
  • Modes and composite material things according to Descartes and Locke / Martha Brandt Bolton
  • Virtual existence of ideas and real existence : Locke's Anti-Cartesian ontology / Matthieu Haumesser
  • Locke and Descartes on selves and thinking substances / Philippe Hamou
  • Locke and Descartes on free will : the limits of an Antinomy / Denis Kambouchner
  • Essential religiosity in Descartes and Locke / Catherine Wilson
  • Locke and port-royal on affirmation, negation, and other postures of the mind / Laurent Jaffro
  • Cartesian logic and Locke's critique of Maxims / Andreas Blank
  • Locke and Malebranche : intelligibility and empiricism / Nicholas Jolley.