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Author:   Philippe Hamou (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Université Paris-Nanterre) ,  Martine Pécharman (Senior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, CNRS, Paris)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.516kg
ISBN:  

9780198815037

ISBN 10:   0198815034
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   04 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Philippe Hamou & Martine Pécharman: Introduction 1: J. R. Milton: Locke and Descartes: The Initial Exposure 1660-1670 2: 1. Locke and Cartesian Cosmology: Locke and Cartesian Cosmology 3: Lisa Downing: Are Body and Extension the Same Thing? Locke vs Descartes (vs More) 4: James Hill: The Cartesian Element in Locke's Anti-Cartesian Conception of Body 5: Martha Brandt Bolton: Modes and Composite Material Things According to Descartes and Locke 6: Matthieu Haumesser: Virtual Existence of Ideas and Real Existence. Locke's Anti-Cartesian Ontology 7: Philippe Hamou: Locke and Descartes on Selves and Thinking Things 8: Denis Kambouchner: Locke and Descartes on Free Will 9: Catherine Wilson: Essential Religiosity in Descartes and Locke 10: Laurent Jaffro: Locke and Port Royal on Affirmation, Negation, and Other 'Postures of the Mind' 11: Andreas Blank: Cartesian Logic and Locke's Critique of Maxims 12: Nicholas Jolley: Locke and Malebranche. Intelligibility and Empiricism

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The book is a welcome contribution. The twelve papers in it resolutely set aside hackneyed labels in favour of a more nuanced examination of the many complicated ways in which Locke engages both positively and negatively with Descartes (and, to some extent, Cartesian philosophy more generally). * Matthew A. Leisinger, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *

The book is a welcome contribution. The twelve papers in it resolutely set aside hackneyed labels in favour of a more nuanced examination of the many complicated ways in which Locke engages both positively and negatively with Descartes (and, to some extent, Cartesian philosophy more generally). * Matthew A. Leisinger, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * A good resource for those in robust philosophy programs. Summing up: Recommended * CHOICE *

Author Information

Philippe Hamou is professor of philosophy at Université Paris-Nanterre. He has published in French and English on early modern philosophy and science, with special focus on Galileo, Locke, Newton, vision, and visuality. Martine Pécharman is a Senior Research Fellow at the CNRS (CRAL, EHESS, Paris). Her main research has focused on the history of early modern logic, especially Hobbes, Port-Royal, Wallis, Locke, Condillac.

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