Cavendish

This is the first full account of Cavendish's philosophy and covers the whole span of her work. Essential reading for students of 17th century philosophy, early modern philosophy and 17th century literature.

Autorentext

David Cunning is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at the University of Iowa, USA. He is the author of Argument and Persuasion in Descartes' Meditations (2010), and Everyday Examples: An Introduction to Philosophy (2014), and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Descartes' Meditations (2014).

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Imagistic Ideas, Fallibilism, and the Limits of Cognition 2. Thinking Matter 3. Ideas of God and Other Immaterials 4. The Eternal Plenum 5. Ubiquitous Knowledge 6. Free Will and Agency 7. Stoical Fancies 8. A Note to the Monarch. Index