This volume explores the relationship between physics and metaphysics in Descartes’ philosophy. According to the standard account, Descartes modified the obje

An illustrious team of scholars offer a rich survey of the thought of Rene Descartes; of the development of his ideas by those who followed in his footsteps; an

Descartes occupies a position of pivotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosoph

Arguing that science and metaphysics are inseparably linked in Descartes' work, and that one can't be understood without the other, the author offers a reconstr