Author:
Dicker, Georges, 1942-
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Descriptionxvi, 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:1. Meditation I: The Method of Doubt. 1. Descartes's Goal. 2. The Cartesian Doubt. 3. Is Cartesian Doubt Self-refuting? -- 2. Meditation II: The Cogito and the Self. 1. Descartes's "I am thinking, therefore I exist" 2. The Certainty of One's Own Thoughts. 3. A Problem for the Cogito. 4. The Substance Theory. 5. The Structure of the Cogito. 6. Critical Discussion of the Cogito. 7. Descartes's Conception of the Self. 8. Cartesian Dualism -- 3. Meditation III: The Criterion of Truth and the Existence of God. 1. Descartes's Criterion of Truth. 2. The Project of Meditation III. 3. From the Idea of God to God. 4. Criticisms of Descartes's Central Argument in Meditation III -- 4. Meditation V: The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God. 1. Descartes's Ontological Argument. 2. Critique of the Ontological Argument. 3. Some Implications for Descartes's System -- 5. Meditation VI: Dualism and the Material World. 2. Descartes's Proof of the "Real Distinction" Between Mind and Body.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238) and index.
