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Descartes and education: risk and Reception, 1637-48

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This thesis discusses Descartes' conception and negotiation, in the period from 1637 to 1648, of the responsibilities arising from teaching. His concerns spring particularly from the teaching of sceptical arguments, and from his efforts to maintain his project's integrity as his followers take it up. My argument is twofold: that such responsibilities were a persistent and prominent concern through this crucial period in his career, and that they offered terms of criticism within which majo...

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HUMS
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Medieval & Modern Languages Faculty
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Elizabeth Fallaize Scholarship, St John's College, Oxford More from this funder
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DPhil
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Doctoral
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University of Oxford
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English
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2018-04-30

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