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Cartesian Logic

Stephen Gaukroger · ISBN 9780198248255
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Publisher Oxford University Press UK
Author(s) Stephen Gaukroger
Subtitle An Essay on Descartes's Conception of Inference
Published 17th August 1989
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An Essay on Descartes's Conception of Inference

This book deals with a neglected episode in the history of logic and theories of cognition: the way in which conceptions of inference changed during the seventeenth century. The author focuses on the work of Descartes, contrasting his construal of inference as an instantaneous grasp in accord with the natural light of reason, with the Aristotelian view of inference as a discursive process. Gaukroger offers a new interpretation of Descartes`s contribution to the
question, revealing it to be a significant advance over humanist and late Scholastic conceptions. He argues that Descartes's account played a pivotal role in the development of our understanding of the
nature of inference.
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