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9780801444616

Tables of Knowledge

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  • ISBN13:

    9780801444616

  • ISBN10:

    0801444616

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-09-28
  • Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
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Summary

Descartes believed that his analytic model applied to all fields of research and that all branches of science lead to truth. His many analogies with literature and art notwithstanding, Descartes offers an entry into knowledge that fails nevertheless to ta

Author Biography

Harriet Stone is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface: Visual Dimensions of Thought xi
Acknowledgments xxxv
Introduction Three Versions of the Philosopher's Tale 1(20)
Objects on Display
21(30)
Inset Genesis: For a Mind Set/Mindset Out of History
51(28)
Permutations: Science in Art's Mirror
79(33)
Conclusion Time Lines: Knowledge, Memory, and the Illusion of Truth 112(21)
Notes 133(22)
Bibliography 155(8)
Index 163

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