Cogito? : Descartes and thinking the world /
Decartes' maxim 'Cogito, ergo sum' is perhaps the most famous philosophical expression ever coined. This volume looks at the first half of the proposition - cogito. Almog calls this the 'thinking man's paradox' - that there can be, in the natural world and as part and p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Decartes' maxim 'Cogito, ergo sum' is perhaps the most famous philosophical expression ever coined. This volume looks at the first half of the proposition - cogito. Almog calls this the 'thinking man's paradox' - that there can be, in the natural world and as part and parcel of it, a creature that thinks. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 120 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-114) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199713929 0199713928 9780195337716 0195337719 9781435633803 1435633806 9780199868704 0199868700 0190450754 9780190450755 1281852082 9781281852083 9786611852085 6611852085 |