Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xv
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. The "Twin Pillars" of Cartesianism 3
6. 2. Scholastic-Aristotelian Metaphysics 11
7. 3. Cartesian Metaphysics 24
8. 4. The New Order of Knowing 39
9. 5. Synopsis 45
10. PART ONE: THOUGHT AND CONSCIOUSNESS 55
11. 6. Descartes's Definition of 'Thought' 55
12. 7. Thought, Consciousness, and 'the Cogito' 68
13. 8. The Structure of Thought 86
14. 9. Pure and Empirical Thought 96
15. PART TWO: CERTAINTY AND TRUTH
16. 10. The Degrees of Certainty 107
17. 11. The Kinds of Certainty 148
18. 12. The Modalities of Truth 165
19. 13. Truth and Correspondence 184
20. 14. Certainty and Circularity 205
21. PART THREE: REFLEXION AND INFERENCE
22. 15. Consciousness, Thought, and Reflexion 229
23. 16. Idea and Object 263
24. 17. The Inferential Import of the Ergo 279
25. 18. Reflexion and Innateness 291
26. 19. The Model of the Mind 321
27. 20. Experience and Induction 336
28. CONCLUSION
29. 21. Realism, Subjectivism, and Transcendence 361
30. 22. The Old and the New Metaphysics 378
31. Notes 391
32. References 531
33. Index 547