A Macat analysis of René Descartes's Meditations on first philosophy (Record no. 60385)
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| ISBN | 9781912127320 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 194 |
| Item number | VRA/M |
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| Personal name | Vrahimis, Andreas |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Macat analysis of René Descartes's Meditations on first philosophy |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London |
| Name of publisher | Macat International |
| Year of publication | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 92p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | René Descartes’s 1641 Meditations on First Philosophy is a cornerstone of the history of western thought. One of the most important philosophical texts ever written, it is also a masterclass in the art of critical thinking – specifically when it comes to reasoning and interpretation.<br/><br/>Descartes sought to do nothing less than create a new foundation for the pursuit of knowledge – whether philosophical, scientific, or theological. To that end, he laid out a systematic programme that reinterpreted prior definitions of knowledge, and reasoned out a systematic means of obtaining, verifying, and building on existing human knowledge. To this end, Descartes created a definition of true knowledge as that which is based on things which cannot be called into doubt by radical scepticism. If, he suggests, we can find a belief that cannot be called into doubt, this will provide a solid foundation upon which we can build systematic reasoning. This ‘cartesian’ method, as it has come to be known, is a blueprint for reasoning that continues to shape the study of philosophy today: a careful weighing of possibilities, searching out solid ground and building on it step by step.<br/><br/> |
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| Topical Term | Meditationes de prima philosophia (Descartes, René) |
| -- | First philosophy |
| -- | Thought and thinking |
| -- | Belief and doubt |
| -- | Knowledge, Theory of |
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| Koha item type | BK |
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| Damaged status | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 05/01/2021 | 194 VRA/M | 51775 | BK |