Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

Foreword

pp.：  7 – 12

Abbreviations

pp.：  13 – 14

Chapter One:People

pp.：  15 – 56

1. Who was Huet?

pp.：  15 – 25

2. The Censura: Why and When?

pp.：  26 – 31

3. The Birthof Skepticism

pp.：  32 – 42

4. Malebranche's Surprising Silence

pp.：  43 – 45

5. The Downfall of Cartesianism

pp.：  46 – 56

Chapter Two: Kinds

pp.：  57 – 92

6. Huet a Cartesian?

pp.：  58 – 68

7. Descartes and Skepticism: The Standard Interpretation

pp.：  69 – 75

8. Descartes and Skepticism: The Texts

pp.：  76 – 92

Chapter Three: Thoughts

pp.：  93 – 120

9. The Cogito: An Inference

pp.：  93 – 95

10. The Transparency of Mind

pp.：  96 – 113

11. The Cogito as Pragmatic Tautology

pp.：  114 – 120

Chapter Four: Doubts

pp.：  121 – 150

12. The Reality of Doubt

pp.：  122 – 135

13. The Generation of Doubt

pp.：  136 – 143

14. The Response to Doubt

pp.：  144 – 150

Chapter Five: Rules

pp.：  151 – 170

15. The Criterion of Truth

pp.：  151 – 161

16. The Trump Argument

pp.：  162 – 170

Chapter Six: Circles

pp.：  171 – 192

17. The Simple Circularity of the Meditations

pp.：  172 – 187

18. The Inner Circle(s)

pp.：  188 – 192

Chapter Seven: Gods

pp.：  193 – 220

19.Gassendist Influences

pp.：  193 – 196

20. The Objection of Objections

pp.：  197 – 213

21. The Rejection of Intentionality

pp.：  214 – 220

Chapter Eight: Virtues

pp.：  221 – 258

22.Descartes's Voice

pp.：  221 – 230

23.Betting the Family Farm

pp.：  231 – 235

24. The Propagation of Light

pp.：  236 – 238

25. The Heart-Beat

pp.：  239 – 243

26. The Moving Earth

pp.：  244 – 249

27.Faith and Reason

pp.：  250 – 255

28.Descartes as Methodological Academic Skeptic

pp.：  256 – 258

Bibliography of Works Cited

pp.：  259 – 264

Index

pp.：  265 – 272