The Cambridge Companion to Descartes (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

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Descartes is rightly considered as one of the greatest philosophers of all time. While his thought is subtle and nuanced, his new approach to Philosophy brought about a massive change in the direction of the subject and helped decisively end the medieval synthesis and worldview amoung serious philosophers.This volume contains a series of essays on Descartes by leading experts on Descartes, including John Cottingham. As with the other Cambridge Volumes the bias is towards an analytical interpretation of Descartes, which mostly rejects his dualism as essentially meaningless. Nevertheless, the approach to modern philosophical issues in both the continent and the Anglo-American tradition were very much framed by the sorts of questions posed by Descartes, and his thought repays close and careful study. This volume will help students of Descartes in their quest to understand the thought of this pivotal thinker.