Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen: The Defense of Reason in Descartes's Meditations

by Harry G. Frankfurt

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In this classic work, best-selling author Harry Frankfurt provides a compelling analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes's Meditations , but also constitutes the central preoccupation of modern philosophy: on what basis can reason claim to provide any justification for the truth of our beliefs? Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen provides an ingenious account of Descartes's defense of reason against his own famously skeptical...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691134154

ISBN13:9780691134154

Release Date:November 2007

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:0.78 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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