Locke and Cartesian Philosophy

Philippe Hamou, Martine Pécharman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

238 Seiten

2018
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-881503-7 (ISBN)

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Twelve original essays by an international team of scholars investigate the relation of John Locke's thought to Descartes and Cartesianism. They explore not only these philosophers' theories of knowledge, but also their views on natural philosophy, metaphysics, and religion.

This volume presents twelve original essays, by an international team of scholars, on the relation of John Locke's thought to Descartes and to Cartesian philosophers such as Malebranche, Clauberg, and the Port-Royal authors. The essays, preceded by a substantial introduction, cover a large variety of topics from natural philosophy to religion, philosophy of mind and body, metaphysics and epistemology. The volume shows that in Locke's complex relationship to Descartes and Cartesianism, stark opposition and subtle 'family resemblances' are tightly intertwined. Since the turn of the twentieth century, the theory of knowledge has been the main comparative focus. According to an influential historiographical conception, Descartes and Locke form together the spearhead in the 'epistemological turn' of early modern philosophy. In bringing together the contributions to this volume, the editors advocate for a shift of emphasis. A full comparison of Locke's and Descartes's positions should cover not only their theories of knowledge, but also their views on natural philosophy, metaphysics, and religion. Their conflicting claims on issues such as cosmic organization, the qualities and nature of bodies, the substance of the soul, and God's government of the world, are of interest not only in their own right, to take the full measure of Locke's complex relation to Descartes, but also as they allow a better understanding of the continuing epistemological debate between the philosophical heirs of these thinkers.

Philippe Hamou is professor of philosophy at Université Paris-Nanterre. He has published in French and English on early modern philosophy and science, with special focus on Galileo, Locke, Newton, vision, and visuality. Martine Pécharman is a Senior Research Fellow at the CNRS (CRAL, EHESS, Paris). Her main research has focused on the history of early modern logic, especially Hobbes, Port-Royal, Wallis, Locke, Condillac.

Philippe Hamou & Martine Pécharman: Introduction
1: J. R. Milton: Locke and Descartes: The Initial Exposure 1660-1670
2: 1. Locke and Cartesian Cosmology: Locke and Cartesian Cosmology
3: Lisa Downing: Are Body and Extension the Same Thing? Locke vs Descartes (vs More)
4: James Hill: The Cartesian Element in Locke's Anti-Cartesian Conception of Body
5: Martha Brandt Bolton: Modes and Composite Material Things According to Descartes and Locke
6: Matthieu Haumesser: Virtual Existence of Ideas and Real Existence. Locke's Anti-Cartesian Ontology
7: Philippe Hamou: Locke and Descartes on Selves and Thinking Things
8: Denis Kambouchner: Locke and Descartes on Free Will
9: Catherine Wilson: Essential Religiosity in Descartes and Locke
10: Laurent Jaffro: Locke and Port Royal on Affirmation, Negation, and Other 'Postures of the Mind'
11: Andreas Blank: Cartesian Logic and Locke's Critique of Maxims
12: Nicholas Jolley: Locke and Malebranche. Intelligibility and Empiricism

Erscheinungsdatum	29.06.2018
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 241 mm
Gewicht	516 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-19-881503-4 / 0198815034
ISBN-13	978-0-19-881503-7 / 9780198815037
Zustand	Neuware