The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon [Hardcover]

This is the most comprehensive dictionary devoted to the thought of the seventeenth-century French philosopher Ren? Descartes.The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon is the most comprehensive reference source devoted to the thought of the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist Ren? Descartes. It will serve as the definitive reference source on Descartes' achievements and legacy.The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon is the most comprehensive reference source devoted to the thought of the seventeenth-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist Ren? Descartes. It will serve as the definitive reference source on Descartes' achievements and legacy.The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon is the definitive reference source on Ren? Descartes, the father of modern philosophy and arguably among the most important philosophers of all time. Examining the full range of Descartes' achievements and legacy, it includes 256 in-depth entries that explain key concepts relating to his thought. Cumulatively they uncover interpretative disputes, trace his influences, and explain how his work was received by critics and developed by followers. There are entries on topics such as certainty, cogito ergo sum, doubt, dualism, free will, God, geometry, happiness, human being, knowledge, Meditations on First Philosophy, mind, passion, physics, and virtue, which are written by the largest and most distinguished team of Cartesian scholars ever assembled for a collaborative research project  92 contributors from ten countries.Abbreviations; List of figures; Introduction and notes on how to use this book; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Biography; List of contributors; Entries.