{"product_id":"demons-dreamers-and-madmen-9780691134161","title":"Demons Dreamers and Madmen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides an analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes' \"Meditations\", but also constitutes the preoccupation of philosophy. This book offers an account of Descartes' defense of reason against the skeptical doubts that one might be a madman, dreaming, or, worse yet, deceived by an evil demon into believing falsely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry G. Frankfurt, 2017 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecturer, American Council of Learned Societies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Rebecca Goldstein vii  Preface to the Princeton Edition xiii  Preface xvii      Part One: THE FIRST MEDITATION  CHAPTER 1: Introduction 3  CHAPTER 2: The General Overthrow of Belief 19  CHAPTER 3: The Criterion of Doubt 32  CHAPTER 4: The Perception of the Physical World 43  CHAPTER 5: The Strategy of the First Meditation 60  CHAPTER 6: Simple and Universal Things 75  CHAPTER 7: Mathematics in the First Meditation 84  CHAPTER 8: Mathematics and the Omnipotent Deceiver 93  CHAPTER 9: Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen 108      Part Two: REASON AND ITS VALIDATION CHAPTER 10: Sum 123  CHAPTER 11: Sum res cogitans 154  CHAPTER 12: Clear and Distinct Perception 175  CHAPTER 13: Objections to Descartes's Rule of Evidence 200  CHAPTER 14: Memory and Doubt 215  CHAPTER 15: The Validation of Reason 235  CHAPTER 16: Truth and Reality: The Galileo Controversy 250      Index 257","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403754086743,"sku":"9780691134161","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691134161.jpg?v=1730484447","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/demons-dreamers-and-madmen-9780691134161","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}