This engaging and richly documented book examines the Scientific Revolution and the formation of the canon of early modern philosophy in light of the rediscovery and reworking of the materialistic philosophy of the ancient atomists, Epicurus and Lucretius. It is written equally for philosophers and [...]
In this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, Catherine Wilson examines the arguments of Descartes? famous Meditations, the book which launched modern philosophy. Drawing on the reinterpretations of Descartes? thought of the past twenty-five years, she shows how Descartes constructs a th[...]