Overview :Rene Descartes's insights into the nature of knowledge and the mind have inspired awe and debate through the centuries. But while philosophe... Read More
Overview :The first book to address the historical failures of philosophy--and what we can learn from them Philosophers are generally unaware of the f... Read More
Overview :Rene Descartes's insights into the nature of knowledge and the mind have inspired awe and debate through the centuries. But while philosophe... Read More
Overview :This volume is a collection of original essays dealing with Cartesian themes and problems, especially as these arise in connection with Cart... Read More
Overview :Is objectivity possible? Can there be objectivity in matters of morals? What would a truly objective account of the world be like? Is everyt... Read More
Overview :Towards the end of his life, Descartes published the first four parts of a projected six-part work, The Principles of Philosophy. This was i... Read More
Overview :French culture is unique in that philosophy has played a significant role from the early-modern period onwards, intimately associated with p... Read More
Overview :How did science come to have such a central place in Western culture? How did cognitive values--and subsequently moral, political, and socia... Read More
Overview :Why did science emerge in the West and how did scientific values come to be regarded as the yardstick for all other forms of knowledge? Step... Read More
Overview :This ambitious and important book provides the first truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It explores in detail how and ... Read More
Overview :Understanding the emergence of a scientific culture - one in which cognitive values generally are modelled on, or subordinated to, scientifi... Read More
Overview :Understanding the emergence of a scientific culture -- one in which cognitive values generally are modelled on, or subordinated to, scientif... Read More
Overview :Stephen Gaukroger presents an original account of the development of empirical science and the understanding of human behaviour from the mid... Read More