Reforming the Art of Living Nature, Virtue, and Religion in Descartes's Epistemology /

• Main Author: Vitz, Rico (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture, 24
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Ethics.; Modern philosophy.; Philosophy of mind.; Modern Philosophy.; Philosophy of Mind.

Descartes’s concern with the proper method of belief formation is evident in the titles of his works—e.g., The Search after Truth, The Rules for the Direction of the Mind, and The Discourse on Method of rightly conducting one’s reason and seeking the truth in the sciences. It is most apparent, howev...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Cartesian Meditation and the Pursuit of Virtue
• The Cartesian Framework
• Morality as a Cosmopolitan Art
• Virtuous Belief Formation
• Virtue, Volition, and Judgment
• Natural Beatitude and Religious Reform
• The Subversion of Traditional Christianity
• Conclusion
• Bibliography.