The Cartesian Mind

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Jorge Secada (University of Virginia, USA) Travis Tanner (Austin Peay State University, USA)

The Cartesian Mind

Jorge Secada (University of Virginia, USA), Travis Tanner (Austin Peay State University, USA), Cecilia Wee (National University of Singapore)

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Routledge
03 September 2025

Philosophy; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge

Series: Routledge Philosophical Minds

Descartes is widely acknowledged as a central figure in the origins of modernity. The nature of his thought and of the role it played is, however, a matter of considerable dispute among experts. The Cartesian Mind is a significant contribution to this debate. It covers the full extent of his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its reception, legacy, and contemporary significance.

Comprising over 40 chapters by an international team of distinguished scholars, the collection is divided into 3 parts:

Historical Context Philosophical Themes Reception and Influence.

Within these parts, key topics are addressed, including Descartes's life and works, Platonism, Scholasticism, Stoicism, skepticism, atomism, meditation, method, the self, God, will and freedom, mind and body, biology and medicine, causation, mathematics, the natural sciences, philosophy of science, ethics, and the origins of idealism. Descartes’s reception and legacy within science and philosophy from the seventeenth century to our days, including current analytic and continental traditions, as well as within the broader contemporary culture, also receive sustained attention.

Descartes’s work is central to all areas of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and ethics. As such The Cartesian Mind is essential reading and an indispensable tool for all students and researchers in the discipline.

Edited by: Jorge Secada (University of Virginia USA), Travis Tanner (Austin Peay State University, USA), Cecilia Wee (National University of Singapore)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 1.300kg
ISBN: 9781138847422
ISBN 10: 1138847429
Series: Routledge Philosophical Minds
Pages: 598
Publication Date: 03 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jorge Secada is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, USA, and is the author of Cartesian Metaphysics; Meditaciones sobre el Perú and a number of articles on early modern philosophy and other subjects. Travis Tanner is Instructor of Philosophy and Religion at Austin Peay State University, USA. He is the author of several papers on the history of early modern philosophy, and his current research concerns the intersection of science, religion, and metaphysics during the Scientific Revolution. Cecilia Wee was Associate Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Singapore and is the author of Material Falsity and Error in Descartes’ Meditations and a number of papers on early modern philosophy.