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The plain truth [electronic resource] : Descartes, Huet, and skepticism / by Thomas M. Lennon.

By: Lennon, Thomas M.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 170. Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008Description: xi, 255 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Descartes, René, 1596-1650 | Huet, Pierre-Daniel, 1630-1721 | SkepticismGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 194 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
People -- Who was Huet? -- The Censura : why and when? -- The birth of skepticism -- Malebranche's surprising silence -- The downfall of Cartesianism -- Kinds -- Huet a Cartesian? -- Descartes and skepticism : the standard interpretation -- Descartes and skepticism : the texts -- Thoughts -- The cogito : an inference? -- The transparency of mind -- The cogito as pragmatic tautology -- Doubts -- The reality of doubt -- The generation of doubt -- The response to doubt -- Rules -- The criterion of truth -- The trump argument -- Circles -- The simple circularity of the Meditations -- The inner circle(s) -- Gods -- Gassendist influences -- The objections of objections -- The rejection of intentionality -- Virtues -- Descartes's voice -- Betting the family farm -- The propagation of light -- The heart-beat -- The moving earth -- Faith and reason -- Descartes as methodological academic skeptic.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-249) and index.

People -- Who was Huet? -- The Censura : why and when? -- The birth of skepticism -- Malebranche's surprising silence -- The downfall of Cartesianism -- Kinds -- Huet a Cartesian? -- Descartes and skepticism : the standard interpretation -- Descartes and skepticism : the texts -- Thoughts -- The cogito : an inference? -- The transparency of mind -- The cogito as pragmatic tautology -- Doubts -- The reality of doubt -- The generation of doubt -- The response to doubt -- Rules -- The criterion of truth -- The trump argument -- Circles -- The simple circularity of the Meditations -- The inner circle(s) -- Gods -- Gassendist influences -- The objections of objections -- The rejection of intentionality -- Virtues -- Descartes's voice -- Betting the family farm -- The propagation of light -- The heart-beat -- The moving earth -- Faith and reason -- Descartes as methodological academic skeptic.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.