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title	:	Descartes's Meditations : Critical Essays
author	:	Chappell, V. C.
publisher	:	Rowman & Littlefield
isbn10 | asin	:	0847684865
print isbn13	:	9780847684861
ebook isbn13	:	9780585119649
language	:	English
subject	Descartes, Ren,--1596-1650. /--Meditationes de prima philosophia, First philosophy, Metaphysics, God--Proof, Ontological.
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	B1854.D47 1997eb
ddc	:	194
subject	:	Descartes, Ren,--1596-1650. /--Meditationes de prima philosophia, First philosophy, Metaphysics, God--Proof, Ontological.

Page iii Descartes's Meditations Critical Essays EDITED BY VERE CHAPPELL ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham New York Boulder Oxford

Page iv ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706 12 Hid's Copse Road Cummor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ, England Copyright 1997 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Descartes's Meditations: critical essays / edited by Vere Chappell p. cm. (Critical essays on the classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8476-8486-5 (cloth : alk, paper). ISBN 0-8476-8487-3 pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Descartes, Ren, 1596-1650. Meditations de prima philosophia, 2. First philosophy. 3. Metaphysics. 4. God Proof, Ontological. I. Chappell, V.C. (Vere Claiborne), 1930. II. Series. B1854.D47 1997 194 dc2197-12631 CIP ISBN 0-8476-8486-5 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN 0-8476-8487-3 (pbk.: alk. paper) Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.

Page v Contents Acknowledgments vii Note on the References ix Introduction xi 1 The First Meditation John P. Carriero 1 2 The Cogito and Its Importance Peter J. Markie 33 3 Descartes on His Essence Stephen Schiffer 65 4 Descartes' Cosmological Argument Robert Delahunty 87 5 Descartes' Problematic Causal Principle of Ideas Frederick J. O'Toole 103 6 Will and the Theory of Judgment David M. Rosenthal 129 7 Epistemic Appraisal and the Cartesian Circle Fred Feldman 159 8 Descartes' Ontological Argument Anthony Kenny 177 9 Descartes: The Epistemological Argument for Mind-Body Distinctness Margaret D. Wilson 195 10 Descartes, Sixth Meditation: The External World, `Nature' and Human Nature John Cottingham 207 11 Truth and Stability in Descartes' Meditations Jonathan Bennett 225

Page vi References 255 Bibliography 261 Index of Passages 267 About the Authors 271

Page vii Acknowledgments The editor and publisher thank the authors and publishers of these essays for permission to reprint them in this volume.

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