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- Author(s) Stephen Gaukroger
- SubtitleAn Essay on Descartes's Conception of Inference
- Edition
- Published17th August 1989
- PublisherOxford University Press UK
- ISBN9780198248255
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 thequestion, 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.
Cartesian Logic
- Author(s) Stephen Gaukroger
- SubtitleAn Essay on Descartes's Conception of Inference
- Edition
- Published17th August 1989
- PublisherOxford University Press UK
- ISBN9780198248255
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 thequestion, 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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