Descartes: A Beginners Guide (Beginners Guides)

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Webarchive template wayback links Articles lacking reliable references from March All articles lacking reliable references. Views Read Edit View history. Description A concise and readable guide to Descartes's Meditations geared toward beginner philosophy students at A-level, or on undergraduate degree courses and general readers.

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First published in , it contains the bulkof Descartes's central philosophical opinions, making it anideal introduction to the founding father of modern philosophy. A Beginner's Guide to Descartes's Meditationsoffers a concise and readable summary of the Meditations, geared toward students embarking on their studies at A-level, oron undergraduate degree courses and general readers. Well-illustrated with tables, diagrams, and images, it provides aclear explanation of the seventeenth century text's centralthemes, ideas, and terminology. The guide balances criticalanalyses of Descartes' main arguments with discussion of hiscorrespondence with his contemporaries the Objections and Replies and subsequent criticism.

It also provides references to furtherreadings, films, and literature that contain similar philosophicalthemes. A glossary of difficult terms and relevant biographical andhistorical information make A Beginner's Guide toDescartes's Meditations an ideal companion for those newto the study of philosophy.

Table of contents List of Illustrations and Tables. Explanation and Summary of Main Arguments. About the Things We May Doubt.

Of God; that He Exists. Of Truth and Error. The Existence of God.