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Taken from the manuscripts of Joachim's lectures on the "Regulae" of Descartes, this volume was reconstructed after his death from notes taken by his pupils Errol Harris and John Austin. A critical examination of the main rules for the direction of the mind and the expositions by which Descartes explains them, the work contains commentary on the topics of: the power of knowing; the nature of intellect; Descartes's method of analysis and synthesis; and the notion of "vera mathesis". Joachim then goes on to criticize Descartes's method and to expound his own doctrine of philosophical analysis. The last chapter offers his own organic unities in opposition to the Cartesian complex natures. This volume provides material both as a critical commentary on the Rules and for its criticism of philosophical method.

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'The reader . . . will be challenged to turn to Descartes and accompany Joachim through the appropriate Rules. This little book should be read by all students of Descartes.' - Mind

Descartes' Rules for the Direction of the Mind

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    A Paperback / softback by Harold H. Joachim, Errol E. Harris, Sir W.D. Ross

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      Publisher: St Augustine's Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/10/1997
      ISBN13: 9781855065178, 978-1855065178
      ISBN10: 1855065177

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Taken from the manuscripts of Joachim's lectures on the "Regulae" of Descartes, this volume was reconstructed after his death from notes taken by his pupils Errol Harris and John Austin. A critical examination of the main rules for the direction of the mind and the expositions by which Descartes explains them, the work contains commentary on the topics of: the power of knowing; the nature of intellect; Descartes's method of analysis and synthesis; and the notion of "vera mathesis". Joachim then goes on to criticize Descartes's method and to expound his own doctrine of philosophical analysis. The last chapter offers his own organic unities in opposition to the Cartesian complex natures. This volume provides material both as a critical commentary on the Rules and for its criticism of philosophical method.

      Trade Review
      'The reader . . . will be challenged to turn to Descartes and accompany Joachim through the appropriate Rules. This little book should be read by all students of Descartes.' - Mind

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