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Title:

DESCARTES AND POINSOT
THE CROSSROAD OF SIGNS AND IDEAS

By:

John Deely

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Hardback

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UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON PRESS,U.S.

Pub. date:

1 December, 2008

Pages:

224

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Contends that semiotics can lead us beyond the rationalist trap of modernity. This book reveals that John Poinsot's (1589-1644) philosophies provide the missing link between the ancient and the postmodern.

Synopsis:

Rene Descartes (1596-1650) and John Poinsot (1589-1644) were contemporaries who stood, unbeknownst to themselves, 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 ancient and the postmodern.

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