TY - BOOK ID - 7816250 TI - The Cambridge companion to Descartes' Meditations PY - 2014 SN - 9781107018600 9781107630482 1107018609 1107630487 9781139088220 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Descartes, René, KW - Methodology. KW - First philosophy. KW - God KW - Proof, Ontological. KW - Meditationes de prima philosophia (Descartes, René). KW - First philosophy KW - Methodology KW - Philosophy KW - Research KW - Ontological argument KW - Ontology KW - Metaphysics KW - Proof, Ontological KW - Descartes, René, KW - Descartes, René KW - Humanities Methodology KW - God - Proof, Ontological KW - Descartes, René, - 1596-1650. - Meditationes de prima philosophia KW - Descartes, René UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7816250 AB - "Descartes' enormously influential Meditations seeks to prove a number of theses: that God is a necessary existent; that our minds are equipped to track truth and avoid error; that the external world exists and provides us with information to preserve our embodiment; and that minds are immaterial substances. The work is a treasure-trove of views and arguments, but there are controversies about the details of the arguments and about how we are supposed to unpack the views themselves. This Companion offers a rich collection of new perspectives on the Meditations, showing how the work is structured literally as a meditation and how it fits into Descartes' larger philosophical system. Topics include Descartes' views on philosophical method, knowledge, scepticism, God, the nature of mind, free will, and the differences between reflective and embodied life. The volume will be valuable to those studying Descartes and early modern philosophy more generally"-- ER -