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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Icon Books Ltd; New edition edition (1 Jul 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840460636
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840460636
  • Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 14.2 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 505,355 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Published in 1998 as DESCARTES FOR BEGINNERS and now in the INTRODUCING.series, the authors explain the basis for Descartes' philosophical doubtings, offer an accessible guide to the puzzling questions he asked about humans and their place in the world and detail his contributions to modern science and mathematics.

About the Author
Dave Robinson has taught philosophy for many years and is the author of many Introducing titles including the bestsellers Philosophy and Ethics. He is now a part-time lecturer in Critical Studies and lives in Devon.

Chris Garratt is an illustrator and cartoonist whose ‘Biff’ comic strip appears weekly in the Guardian.


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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, simple but not simplistic overview, 10 Oct 2000
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This book is a very good introduction to Cartesian philosophy; it is simple to understand, without being too simplistic, wide-ranging, covering the background to cartesian philosophy and the far-reaching effects of Descartes' ideas, even touching briefly on quantum mechanics.

The text is well written, and the illustrations are fantastic, and worth the cover price alone.

I cannot recommend this series of books too highly as an excellent starting point to further reading.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Informative book about the founder of modern thinking., 2 Jul 1999
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This book gives a clear representation of Descarte's ideas and, although some are quite dated and obviously too dependant on theological arguments rather than logical ones, this book gives an insight into how Descarte changed the way we think today. I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who occasionally thinks.
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