Resources to aid the study of Descartes

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The third philosophy we will read is Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes, the 17th century French mathematician and philosopher. Click here for the electronic text:

Meditations on First Philosophy

Lecture Notes

Here, I have gathered the notes from my lectures. Meditations on First Philosophy is itself divided into six different meditations, and I have added some introductory material.

• Lecture notes on the background to Descartes
  
• Lecture notes on Meditation One.
  
• Lecture notes on Meditation Two.
  
• Lecture notes on Meditation Three.
  
• Lecture notes on Meditation Four.
  
• Lecture notes on Meditation Five.
  
• Lecture notes on Meditation Six.

Assignments

There is only one writing assignment concerning Descartes, a summary and criticism of Meditation One.

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   August 30, 1999