Descartes' Metaphysical Physics (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
Much has been written about Descartes's philosophy proper--his "cogito ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am") having brought philosophy out of the scholastic and into the modern era--but Garber's is the first book-length treatment of Descartes's natural philosophy. This work makes abundantly clear that Descartes's epistemological investigations cannot profitably be viewed in isolation from his overarching goal, which was to establish science on an unshakable foundation. Garber's exposition of Descartes's ideas about body, extension, the laws of motion and conservation, atoms and the void, and more, is a valuable addition to the philosophy/science collections of academic libraries.-Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Management Lib., Washington, D.C.Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.