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Descartes and More on the infinity of the world.

In this paper, I address the controversy between Henry More and René Descartes on the indefinite extension of the world. I provide a new reading of Descartes' famous final answer of 15 April 1649. I read the entire debate in the terms of a disagreement concerning the epistemological status of the ne...

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Published in:British Journal for the History of Philosophy Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 878 - 897
Main Author: Agostini, Igor
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2017
Subjects:
Infinite, The
Descartes, René, 1596-1650
More, Henry, 1614-1687
Mathematics theorems
Philosophy
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