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Descartes & Poinsot: The Crossroad of Signs and Ideas
René Descartes (1596-1650) and John Poinsot (1589-1644) were contemporaries who stood, unbeknownst to them, at a crossroads in the history of philosophy. While Poinsot's work on semiotics became unfashionable after his death, Descartes' theory of ideas carried modern philosophy down a different path that proved to be a dead end. In Descartes & Poinsot, John Deely contends that semiotics can lead us beyond the rationalist trap of modernity. This innovative volume reveals that Poinsot's forgotten philosophies provide the missing link between the ancients and the postmodern
Book Details
- Publisher: University of Scranton Press
- Publish Date: Dec 1st, 2008
- Pages: 169
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.10in - 0.80in - 0.90lb
- EAN: 9781589661745
- Categories: • Epistemology
About the Author
Deely, John: -
John Deely is the Rudman Chair in Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston.