These provocative essays take a modern look at the 17th-century thinker's dream, examining the influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of te
Ch. 1.The dream of Descartes --ch. 2.The revelation of science --ch. 3.The deposition of wisdom --ch. 4.The Cartesian proofs of God --ch. 5.The Cartesian herita
Ann Scholl revises the traditional understanding of the role of imagination and sensory perception in Descartes's Meditations. Traditionally, Cartesian scholars
The late Gregor Sebba was fond of describing his monumental Bibliographia Cartesiana: A Critical Guide to the Descartes Literature, 1800-1960 as a by-product of