Fable, Method, and Imagination in Descartes

James Griffith (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 213 Seiten

2019 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-88908-5 (ISBN)

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What role do fables play in Cartesian method and psychology? By looking at Descartes' use of fables, James Griffith suggests there is a fabular logic that runs to the heart of Descartes' philosophy. First focusing on The World and the Discourse on Method , this volume shows that by writing in fable form, Descartes allowed his readers to break from Scholastic methods of philosophizing. With this fable-structure or -logic in mind, the book reexamines the relationship between analysis, synthesis, and inexact sciences; between metaphysics and ethico-political life; and between the imagination, the will, and the passions.

James Griffith is Assistant Professor of Political Thought and Philosophy at Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts, Slovakia

1. Introduction.- 2. The Fable in The World and the Discourse.- 3. Fable-structure or -logic.- 4. Method.- 5. Imagination.- 6. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.02.2019
Zusatzinfo	XII, 213 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	301 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Cartesian method • Continental Philosophy • Early modern philosophy • Fable • RenÃ© Descartes • René Descartes • Western Philosophy
ISBN-10	3-319-88908-7 / 3319889087
ISBN-13	978-3-319-88908-5 / 9783319889085
Zustand	Neuware