Table of contents : Introduction
Mechanics and Cosmology
1. Descartes and the natural philosophy of the Coimbra commentaries Dennis Des Chene
2. Descartes' debt to Beeckman: inspiration, cooperation, conflict Klaas Van Berkel
3. The foundational role of hydrostatics and statics in Descartes' natural philosophy Stephen Gaukroger
4. Force, determination and impact Peter MaLaughlin
5. A different Descartes: Descartes' programme for a mathematical physics in his correspondence Daniel Garber
6. Casual powers and occasionalism from Descartes to Malebranche Desmond Clarje
7. Modelling nature: Descartes versus Reigus Theo Verbeek
8. The influence of Cartesian cosmology in England Peter Harrison
Method, Optics, and the Role of Experiment
9. NeoAristotle and method: between Zabarella and Descartes Timothy Reiss
10. Figuring things out: figurate problem-solving in the early Descartes Dennis Sepper
11. The theory of the rainbow Jean-Robert Armogathe
12. Descartes' opticien: the construction of the law of refraction and the manufacture of its physical rationales, 1618-1629 John A. Schuster
13. A 'science for honnêteshommes': La Recherche de la Vérité and the deconstruction of experimental knowledge Alberto Guillermo Ranea
14. Descartes, experiments, and a first generation Cartesian, Jacques Rohault Trevor McLaughlin
15. Cartesian physiology Annie Bitbol-Hesperies
16. The resources of a mechanist physiology and the problem of goal-directed processes Stephen Gaukroger
17. Bêtes machines Katherine Morris
18. Descartes' cardiology and its reception in English physiology Peter Anstey
Imagination and Representation
19. Descartes' theory of imagination and perspectival art Betsy Newell Decyk
20. From sparks of truth to the glow of possibility Peter Schouls
21. Descartes' theory of visual spatial perception Celia Wolf-Devine
22. Symposium on Descartes on perceptual cognition. Introduction John Sutton
Descartes and Formal Signs David Behan
Descartes' startling doctrine of the reverse sign relation Peter Slezak
Bibliography
Contributor Information :Peter Anstey, University of Sydney Jean-Robert Armogathe, Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes Gordon Baker, St. John's College, Oxford David Behan, Agnes Scott College Annie Bitpol-Hesperies, Continuing Education Section, the Sorbonne Desmond Clarke, University College, Cork Betsy Decyk, California State University Dennid Des Chene, Johns Hopkins University Veronique Foti, Pennsylvania State University Daniel Garber, University of Chicago Stephen Gaukroger, University of Sydney Peter Harrison, Bond University Gary Hatfield, University of Pennsylvania Trevor McClaughlin, Macquarie University Peter McClaughlin, University of Konstanz Katherine Morris, Mansfield College, Oxford Alberto Guillermo Ranea, Universidad Torcuto Di Tella Timothy Reiss, New York University Peter Schouls, Massey University John Schuster, University of New South Wales Professor Dennis Sepper, University of Dallas Dr. Peter Slezak, University of New South Wales Dr. John Sutton, Macquarie University Professor Yashiko Tomida, Kyoto University Professor Klaas van Berkel, University of Groningen Professor Theo Verbeek, Utrecht University Professor Catherine Wilson, University of British Columbia Professor John Wright, Central Michigan University Professor John Yolton, Rutgers University
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