This authoritative translation by John Cottingham of the Meditations is taken from the much acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes. It is based on the best available texts and presents Descartes' central metaphysical writings in clear, readable modern English.
Originally published in 1969, the impetus for this collection came from a conference on the Thought of John Locke held at York University, Toronto in 1966. Written in the co-operative spirit of the conference, the essays collected here were intended to reflect Locke's position as a polymath and recontextualise his ideas through the juxtaposition of various academic approaches. In doing so, they…
The seventeenth century saw a major revolution in our ways of thinking about such issues as the method appropriate to philosophy and science, the relation between mind and body, the nature of substance, and the place of humanity in nature. While not neglecting the lesser but still influential figures, such as Arnauld and Malebranche, John Cottingham focuses primarily on the three great "rationa…
This book redraws the intellectual map and sets the agenda in philosophy for the next fifty or so years. By making the theory of signs the dominant theme in Four Ages of Understanding, John Deely has produced a history of philosophy that is innovative, original, and complete. The first full-scale demonstration of the centrality of the theory of signs to the history of philosophy, Four Ages of U…
This introduction to philosophy in the Latin West between 1150 and 1350 follows on from John Marenbon's previous book, Early Medieval Philosophy 480-1150 (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983). It combines an historical approach, which concentrates on the sources, forms and backgrounds of the medieval works, with philosophical analysis of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century writing in terms comp…
Compact but singularly well thought out material of a theological, logical, poetic as well as philosophical nature.
Buku ini membahas tentang unsur-unsur baru dalam psikologi popper,metodologi,standar sains menurut popper,upaya popper membebaskan metodologi dari psikologi,sejatah interaksi antara psikologi belajar dan filsafat ilmu,fallibilisme versus teori stimulus-respon,situasi permasalahan mutakhir.