Descartes Against the Skeptics

Descartes Against the Skeptics by Curley, E. M.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780674198265.

E. M. Curley is known for his skill at lucid exposition and cogen analysis of seventeenth-century philosophy. In this book he turns to Descartes, who remains a central figure in the Western philosophical tradition. While dealing with most of Descartes seminal contributions, he concentrates on the issues that pose special problems for modern students: the dream argument, knowledge of ones own existence and mental states, the circle, the arguments for Gods existence, and the claim that mind and body are distinct.