Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry
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Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry is a major philosophical study by Bernard Williams that offers a rigorous and influential interpretation of René Descartes’ epistemology and the ambitions of his method of doubt.
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| Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
epistemology
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history of early modern philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
assess the coherence of Descartes’ quest for certainty
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clarify the ambitions of Descartes’ method of doubt ⓘ situate Descartes in the development of modern philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Bernard Williams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Cartesian foundationalism
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Cartesian skepticism ⓘ Descartes’ project of securing certainty ⓘ Meditations on First Philosophy ⓘ clear and distinct perceptions ⓘ cogito argument ⓘ modern conception of the subject ⓘ role of God in Descartes’ epistemology ⓘ |
| genre |
epistemology
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history of philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical interpretation of Descartes
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emphasis on epistemological project over metaphysics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cartesianism
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René Descartes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Descartes’ epistemology
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René Descartes ⓘ method of doubt ⓘ |
| notableFor |
impact on Descartes scholarship
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influential interpretation of Cartesian doubt ⓘ rigorous analysis of Descartes’ epistemology ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
analytic philosophy
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early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
certainty
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foundationalism ⓘ internalism in epistemology ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ skepticism ⓘ subject–object distinction ⓘ |
| relatedPhilosopher |
David Hume
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ René Descartes ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Meditations on First Philosophy
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Principles of Philosophy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
university courses on Descartes
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university courses on early modern philosophy ⓘ university courses on epistemology ⓘ |
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