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Descartes' World: An Interpretation of the Discourse On Method
<p>Descartes' <italic>Discourse on Method<italic> is a canonical text. It, however, has received little attention by English scholars, and its importance for understanding Descartes' mature philosophy has been unappreciated. In this dissertation, "Descartes' <italic>World <italic>: An …
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Fable, method, and imagination in Descartes
<p>This dissertation traces the effects that attending to Descartes' deployment of fable have on our understanding of the Cartesian method and its conception of the imagination. Descartes must take on the task of inaugurating a break from Scholastic metaphysics and physics. Because of the …