Author: Krishna Roy
Publisher: Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 243
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788187332558
Description
This is a book on the contribution of Rene Descartes, a well-known philosopher-scientist. The author has discussed how Descartes gave foundation to the then sciences by philosophical principle and this consequently paved the way for philosophy of science. He has also discussed the impact of Cartesian thought on contemporary philosophical movements like Phenomenology and Existentialism.
COMMENTS
…Krishna Roy’s book brings out another aspect of Descartes’ contribution – namely, the way his Cogito principle serves as the foundation of modern science. I Believe this original interpretive study will arouse interest in Descartes, and free readers from that hasty critique of the so-called ‘Cartesian prejudice’ – which only shows one of the abiding prejudices of contemporary anti-Cartesianism, fostered by ignorance of Descartes as also of much of contemporary thought.
- J.N. Mohanty
Contents
Publisher’s Note
Foreword
Prologue
Acknowledgement
Introduction
PART –I
CHAPTER ONE
Descartes’ Formulation of the Cogito,ergo sum
CHAPTER TWO
The Cogito Principle as the Foundation of Science
CHAPTER THREE
Understanding of the Cartesian Goal in the Post-Cartesian Period
PART – II
CHAPTER ONE
The Cartesian Influence on Husserl’s Phenomenology
CHAPTER TWO
Heideggerian retrieval of Cartesianism
CHAPTER THREE
A New Approach to the Cogito: Jean Paul Sartre
CHAPTER FOUR
Merleau-Ponty’s Interpretation of the Cartesian Concept of Subjectivity
Epilogue
Science and Subjectivity
Notes and References
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects