The plain truth
Subtitle: Descartes, Huet, and skepticism
By: by Thomas M. Lennon.
Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history -- v. 170
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9789004171152
Subjects: Descartes, René, -- 1596-1650; Huet, Pierre-Daniel, -- 1630-1721; Skepticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: People; title: Who was Huet?; title: The censura : why and when?; title: The birth of skepticism; title: Malebranche's surprising silence; title: The downfall of cartesianism; title: Kinds; title: Huet a cartesian?; title: Descartes and skepticism : the standard interpretation; title: Descartes and skepticism : the texts; title: Thoughts; title: The cogito : an inference?; title: The transparency of mind; title: The cogito as pragmatic tautology; title: Doubts; title: The reality of doubt; title: The generation of doubt; title: The response to doubt; title: Rules; title: The criterion of truth; title: The trump argument; title: Circles; title: The simple circularity of the meditations; title: The inner circle(s); title: Gods; title: Gassendist influences; title: The objections of objections; title: The rejection of intentionality; title: Virtues; title: Descartes's voice; title: Betting the family farm; title: The propagation of light; title: The heart-beat; title: The moving earth; title: Faith and reason; title: Descartes as methodological academic skeptic.