René Descartes
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Literature[edit]
- Biographies
- Elizabeth S. Haldane, Descartes: His Life and Times, London: J. Murray, 1905, xix+398 pp. Review: J.E.C. (PhilRev 1907).
- Jack Rochford Vrooman, René Descartes: A Biography, New York: Putnam Press, 1970.
- William S. Shea, The Magic of Numbers and Motion: The Scientific Career of René Descartes, Canton, MA: Science History Publications, 1991, x+371 pp. Reviews: Cottingham (HistBehSci 1993), Manders (PhilSci 1995).
- Stephen Gaukroger, Descartes: An Intellectual Biography, Oxford University Press, 1995.
- Geneviève Rodis-Lewis, Descartes. Biographie, Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1995. (French)
- Descartes: His Life and Thought, trans. Jane Marie Todd, Cornell University Press, 1999. [1]
- Richard A. Watson, Cogito, Ergo Sum: A Life of René Descartes, David R Godine, 2002, vii+375 pp; 2007. Reviews: Henry (PhilLit 2002), Des Chene (2002), Shapin (LRB 2003), Lavery (GeorgiaRev 2003), Hatfield (Isis 2008).
- Desmond Clarke, Descartes: A Biography, Cambridge University Press, 2006. Review: Hatfield (Isis 2008).
- Steven Nadler, The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter: A Portrait of Descartes, Princeton University Press, 2013.
- Encyclopedic entries
- Kurt Smith, "Descartes' Life and Works", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Edward Slowik, "Descartes' Physics", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Mary Domski, "Descartes' Mathematics", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Kurt Smith, "Descartes' Theory of Ideas", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Amy M. Schmitter, "Descartes on the Emotions", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Lex Newman, Descartes' Epistemology", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- David Cunning, Descartes' Modal Metaphysics, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Lawrence Nolan, "Descartes' Ontological Argument", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Gert-Jan Lokhorst, "Descartes and the Pineal Gland", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
