The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics

by Richard A. Watson

The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics combines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. Following an initial discussion of method in the history of philosophy is an analysis and criticism of late seventeenth-century Cartesianism, tow historical chapters on Cartesian theology and two analytic chapters on Cartesian metaphysics that demonstrate its logical inconsistency. Far more radical in its conclusions than his 1966study The Downfall of Cartesianism

240 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1987

About the author

Richard Watson is a recognized and pre-eminent Cartesian scholar and until his retirement was a professor of philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He now lives in Missoula, Montana.

Reviews

[Kristopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a review, so much as a correction: The book is by Richard Watson, not Brian Carr.