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These provocative essays take a modern look at the 17th-century thinker's dream, examining the influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances. They survey the conditions that elicit the application of mathematic principles; the applications' effectiveness; and how applied mathematics transform perceptions of reality. 1987 edition.

Descartes Dream

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  • Author : Philip J. Davis
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
  • Genre : Mathematics
  • Total Pages : 354 pages
  • ISBN : 0486442527
  • PDF File Size : 44,5 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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Descartes' Dream

Descartes' Dream
  • Publisher : Courier Corporation
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These provocative essays take a modern look at the 17th-century thinker's dream, examining the influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances. They survey the conditions that

Descartes' Dream

Descartes' Dream
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
  • File Size : 20,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 02 June 1986
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Rationalist philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes visualized a world unified by mathematics, in which all intellectual issues could be resolved rationally by local computation. This series of provocative essays takes

Descartes's Dreams

Descartes's Dreams
  • Publisher : Peter Lang
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Ann Scholl revises the traditional understanding of the role of imagination and sensory perception in Descartes's Meditations. Traditionally, Cartesian scholars have focused primarily on sensory perception as the more significant

The Dream of Descartes

The Dream of Descartes
  • Publisher : Unknown Publisher
  • File Size : 27,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 02 June 1987
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The late Gregor Sebba was fond of describing his monumental "Bibliographia Cartesiana: A Critical Guide to the Descartes Literature, 18001960 "as a by-product of his research begun in 1949 for an article

Descartes's Secret Notebook

Descartes's Secret Notebook
  • Publisher : Crown
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  • Release Date : 19 February 2009
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René Descartes (1596—1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm “Cogito, ergo sum” marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation

Feminist Interpretations of RenŽ Descartes

Feminist Interpretations of RenŽ Descartes
  • Publisher : Penn State Press
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  • Release Date : 01 November 2010
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Contributors are Susan Bordo, Stanley Clarke, Erica Harth, Leslie Heywood, Luce Irigaray, Genevieve Lloyd, Mario Moussa, Eileen O'Neill, Adrianna Paliyenko, Ruth Perry, Mario S&áenz, Karl Stern, Thomas Wartenberg, and

Thought's Ego in Augustine and Descartes

Thought's Ego in Augustine and Descartes
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
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  • Release Date : 02 June 1992
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In his concise and ambitious book, Gareth B. Matthews explores the implications of doing philosophy in the first person. He focuses on the most notable attempts in the history of

The Dream of Descartes

The Dream of Descartes
  • Publisher : Philosophical Library
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Ch. 1.The dream of Descartes --ch. 2.The revelation of science --ch. 3.The deposition of wisdom --ch. 4.The Cartesian proofs of God --ch. 5.The Cartesian heritage.

Descartes's Method of Doubt

Descartes's Method of Doubt
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
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  • Release Date : 10 January 2009
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Descartes thought that we could achieve absolute certainty by starting with radical doubt. He adopts this strategy in the Meditations on First Philosophy, where he raises sweeping doubts with the