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Descartes: A Very Short Introduction

By (author) Tom Sorell,

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Rene Descartes (1596-1650) had a remarkably short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured to the present day. In this book Tom Sorell shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences.

SKU: 9780192854094

2 in stock

ISBN: 9780192854094

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 128

Dimensions: 11.4 × 0.8 × 17.8 cm

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Rene Descartes (1596-1650) had a remarkably short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured to the present day. In this book Tom Sorell shows that Descartes was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of a new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his metaphysics to support his programme in the sciences.

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  • Paperback / softback | 128 pages
  • 11.4 × 0.8 × 17.8 cm | 116
  • 12 October 2000
  • Oxford University Press
  • United Kingdom

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About the author

Tom Sorell

1 Published Books

Tom Sorell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex. He is the author of Hobbes (1986), Moral Theory and Capital Punishment (1987), Scientism (1991), and editor of The Rise of Modern Philosophy (1993) and The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes (1995).