A world expert on descartes, he has written widely about western philosophy, and more recently has begun to focus on ethics and religion. Pdf the desecularization of descartes john cottingham. His is also honorary fellow, st johns college, university of oxford. He is a proponent today of the view that life is meaningless without a god. This volume brings together some of the best articles on descartes published in the last fifty years. God,%descartes%andsecularism% john cottinghams website. John cottinghams phone number, email, address page 2.
How to read descartes john cottingham 9781847080042. He has written numerous books and articles, and his many publications on early modern philosophy include descartes, the rationalists, philosophy and the good life, and. In this dictionary, john cottingham presents an alphabetied guide to this most stimulating and widelystudied of philosophers. They are intended to replace the only reasonably comprehensive selection of his works in. John cottingham s 9 research works with 466 citations and 95 reads, including. Cambridge companion to descartes cambridge companions to philosophy cottingham isbn.
John cottingham explores central areas of descartes s rich and wideranging philosophical system, including his accounts of thought and language, of freedom and action, of our relationship to the animal domain, and of human morality and the conduct of life. In burmans notes each passage from descartess writings that he asks about is indicated by a. This authoritative translation by john cottingham, taken from the much acclaimed threevolume cambridge edition of the philosophical writings of descartes, is based upon the best available texts and presents descartes central metaphysical writings in clear, readable modern english. John cottingham phone, address, background info whitepages. Rene descartes 15961650 was a creative mathematician of the first order, an. Descartes as pioneer and descartes philosophical writings, edited by norman k. Access to this document requires a subscription or membership. Download full descartes meditations on first philosophy with selections from the objections and replies book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format. The focus of his research has been earlymodern philosophy especially descartes, the philosophy of religion and moral philosophy. Find john cottingham s phone, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory page 2.
Focusing on the three great rationalists, descartes, spinoza, and leibniz, cottingham here examines how these philosophers tackled such issues as the relation between mind and body, the nature of substance, the place of humanity in nature, and philosophy and science, and compares similarities in their ideas. Pdf descartes meditations on first philosophy with. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for john cottingham. The focus of his research has been earlymodern philosophy especially descartes, the philosophy of. Descartes was a sincere religious believer, a devout catholic, who never doubted that his individual reason was illuminated by the eternal divine source of truth and goodness, whose spark was innate in all of us. God,% descartes %andsecularism% john cottingham s website. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. John cottingham is professor emeritus of philosophy at the university of reading and an honorary fellow of st johns college, oxford.
John cottingham has published over thirty books fifteen as sole author, a further nine editions and translations, plus either as single or joint editor eight edited collections together with over 140 articles in learned journals or books. Separate chapters are devoted to descartes life and the intellectual climate of. John cottingham, a descartes dictionary philpapers. Descartes s meditations on first philosophy remains one of the most widely studied works of western philosophy. Read download descartes meditations on first philosophy. Artiklis partiality, favouritism, and morality 1986 kaitseb cottingham partsialismi paljud filosoofid on impartsialistid. The rationalists john cottingham oxford university press. John cottingham is professor of philosophy at the university of reading, and co editor and translator of the standard english edition of the philosophical writings of descartes. This is commonly called continental rationalism, because it was predominant in the continental schools of europe, whereas in britain empiricism dominated. John cottingham is professor emeritus of philosophy, university of reading. The concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times.
Cambridge core history of philosophy the cambridge companion to descartes edited by john cottingham. This volume is a refreshed and updated edition of john cottingham s bestselling 1996 edition, based on his translation in the acclaimed threevolume cambridge edition of the philosophical writings of descartes. This book is an excellent and fair introduction that manages to enter into the seventeenth century mindset which is especially important for understanding what descartes was trying to say. The role of god in descartess philosophy a companion to.
Since the enlightenment, rationalism is usually associated with the introduction of mathematical methods into philosophy as seen in the works of descartes, leibniz, and spinoza. John cottingham born 1943 is an english philosopher. Accessible and authoritative, metaphysics and epistemology. Cottingham is arguably the best interpreter of descartes that i have read although im out of date now. This authoritative translation by john cottingham, taken from the much acclaimed threevolume cambridge edition of the philosophical writings of descartes. Volume 2 rene descartes, john cottingham, robert stoothoff, dugald murdoch on. I realized it was necessary to demolish everything and start again right from the foundations, if i wanted to establish. These faculties allow the seeker of knowledge to combine simple truths in order to. John cottingham on scientism, morality and god why are. Cambridge u nive rsit y pre ss john cottingham frontmatter. This latest volume in the oxford readings in philosophy series brings together some of the most influential and stimulating essays on descartes philosophy to have appeared in the last fifty years, edited by the renowned descartes specialist professor john cottingham.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. His book include descartes blackwell, 1986 and the rationalists oup 1988 and he is also editor of the the cambridge companion to descartes cup, 1992 and coeditor and cotranslator of the english edition of the philosophical writings on descartes cup, 198591. He is a professor emeritus of philosophy, university of reading, professorial research fellow, heythrop college, university of london. He is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the university of reading, professorial research fellow at heythrop college, university of london, and honorary fellow of st johns college, oxford. Digitized photographic reproduction dpr online pdf. He is presently professor emeritus of philosophy at the university of reading and an honorary fellow of st johns college, oxford. John cottingham is an english philosopher, educated at merchant taylors school near london, and st johns college, oxford. Cambridge companion to descartes cambridge companions to.
Descartes, rene the philosophical writings of descartes. Professor cottingham s chief research interests are in the philosophy of religion and moral philosophy, and in earlymodern philosophy especially descartes. The rationalists john cottingham history of western philosophy. Based on the new and much acclaimed two volume cambridge edition of the philosophical writings of descartes by cottingham, stoothoff, and murdoch, this anthology of essential texts contains the most important and widely studied of those writings, including the discourse and meditations and substantial extracts from the regulae, optics, principles, objections and replies, comments on a. The cambridge companion to descartes edited by john cottingham. Download pdf descartes meditations on first philosophy with selections from the objections and replies book full free. We use cookies on this site to enhance the visitor experience. Descartes s meditations on first philosophy, published in latin in 1641, is one of the most widely studied philosophical texts of all time, and inaugurates many of the key themes that have remained central to philosophy ever since. I think, therefore i am an individual john cottingham. Summary of john cottinghams on the meaning of life. English meditations on rst philosophy rene descartes. John cottingham is professor of philosophy at the university of reading. What do we mean when we talk about finding our soul, how do we know we have one, and does it hold any.
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This is an updated edition of john cottingham s acclaimed translation of descartes s philosophical masterpiece, including an abridgement of descartes s objections and replies. He is the author of many books including rationalism 1984, descartes 1986, the rationalists 1988, philosophy and the good life 1998, and on the meaning of life 2003, and is cotranslator of the philosophical writings of descartes. In this new introduction to the life, thought and works of one of the greatest seventeenthcentury philosophers, john cottingham aims to place descartes ideas in their historical context while at the same time showing how they relate to a network of philosophical problems that are still vigorously debated today. In following descartes arguments, the reader is drawn into some of the most fundamental and challenging issues in all of philosophy. Edited by the renowned descartes specialist john cottingham, the selection covers the full range of descartes s thought, including chapters on the central issues in cartesian metaphysics, the relationship between mind and body, human nature and the passions, and the structure of scientific explanation. Descartes by cottingham, john and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Murdoch, the philosophical writings of descartes, vols i and ii cambridge. With selections from the objections and replies both translated and edited by john cottingham. Descartes on the innateness of all ideas 369 20 it is a significant weakness of broughton s def ense of the noncausal interpretation of the comments that she dismisses descartes as simply being. Whether such resonant, theisticallybased objectivism is tenable is far too big a topic to embark on here. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the great philosophers. The meditations, one of the key texts of western philosophy, is the most widely studied of all descartes writings. Descartes cottingham, john stoothoff, robert murdoch.
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