The plain truth
Lennon, Thomas M.
The plain truth Descartes, Huet, and skepticism / [electronic resource] : by Thomas M. Lennon. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008. - xi, 255 p. - Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 170 0920-8607 ; . - Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 170. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-249) and index.
People -- Who was Huet? -- The Censura : why and when? -- The birth of skepticism -- Malebranche's surprising silence -- The downfall of Cartesianism -- Kinds -- Huet a Cartesian? -- Descartes and skepticism : the standard interpretation -- Descartes and skepticism : the texts -- Thoughts -- The cogito : an inference? -- The transparency of mind -- The cogito as pragmatic tautology -- Doubts -- The reality of doubt -- The generation of doubt -- The response to doubt -- Rules -- The criterion of truth -- The trump argument -- Circles -- The simple circularity of the Meditations -- The inner circle(s) -- Gods -- Gassendist influences -- The objections of objections -- The rejection of intentionality -- Virtues -- Descartes's voice -- Betting the family farm -- The propagation of light -- The heart-beat -- The moving earth -- Faith and reason -- Descartes as methodological academic skeptic.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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GBA894623 bnb
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Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721.
Skepticism.
Electronic books.
B1878.S55 / L46 2008eb
194
The plain truth Descartes, Huet, and skepticism / [electronic resource] : by Thomas M. Lennon. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008. - xi, 255 p. - Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 170 0920-8607 ; . - Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 170. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-249) and index.
People -- Who was Huet? -- The Censura : why and when? -- The birth of skepticism -- Malebranche's surprising silence -- The downfall of Cartesianism -- Kinds -- Huet a Cartesian? -- Descartes and skepticism : the standard interpretation -- Descartes and skepticism : the texts -- Thoughts -- The cogito : an inference? -- The transparency of mind -- The cogito as pragmatic tautology -- Doubts -- The reality of doubt -- The generation of doubt -- The response to doubt -- Rules -- The criterion of truth -- The trump argument -- Circles -- The simple circularity of the Meditations -- The inner circle(s) -- Gods -- Gassendist influences -- The objections of objections -- The rejection of intentionality -- Virtues -- Descartes's voice -- Betting the family farm -- The propagation of light -- The heart-beat -- The moving earth -- Faith and reason -- Descartes as methodological academic skeptic.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA894623 bnb
Uk
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721.
Skepticism.
Electronic books.
B1878.S55 / L46 2008eb
194