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Descartes and the Modern by Neil Robertson, Gordon McOuat and Tom Vinci is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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Descartes is not simply our iconic modern philosopher, mathematician or scientist. He stands as the cultural symbol for modernity itself. As such, Descartes is widely read in and out of universities as the definitive moment in the birth of what we take to be the Modern. Yet, recent scholarship has presented numerous challenges to the Cartesian image. Some question the legitimacy of calling Descartes a founder of modernity. Others have questioned the very legitimacy of Modernity itself, using Des
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Neil Robertson, Gordon McOuat and Tom Vinci
- Publisher
- Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781443807869
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- History, Philosophy, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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