Stephen Gaukroger (2) (1954–)

Author of Descartes: An Intellectual Biography

For other authors named Stephen Gaukroger, see the disambiguation page.

About the Author

Stephen Gaukroger is Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Sydney, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen.

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The Philosophy of Knowledge: A History

Science and the Shaping of Modernity

Works by Stephen Gaukroger

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Descartes: An Intellectual Biography (1995) 186 copies, 1 review

The Emergence of a Scientific Culture: Science and the Shaping of Modernity 1210-1685 (2007) 111 copies, 1 review

Objectivity: A Very Short Introduction (2012) 106 copies

Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-Modern Philosophy (2001) 60 copies

The Collapse of Mechanism and the Rise of Sensibility: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1680-1760 (2010) 52 copies

The Blackwell Guide to Descartes' Meditations (2006) — Editor — 38 copies, 1 review

The Failures of Philosophy: A Historical Essay (2020) 35 copies

French Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (2020) 34 copies

The Natural and the Human: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1739-1841 (2016) 30 copies

Civilization and the Culture of Science: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1795-1935 (2020) 27 copies

Descartes' System of Natural Philosophy (2002) 25 copies

Descartes' Natural Philosophy (2000) — Editor — 22 copies

Explanatory Structures: A Study of Concepts of Explanation in Early Physics and Philosophy (1978) 14 copies

Descartes and Cartesianism: Essays in Honour of Desmond Clarke (2017) 6 copies

Knowledge in modern philosophy (2018) 6 copies

The soft underbelly of reason : the passions in the seventeenth century (1998) — Editor — 5 copies

Cartesian Logic: An Essay on Descartes's Conception of Inference (1989) 4 copies

The Uses of Antiquity: The Scientific Revolution and the Classical Tradition (Studies in History and Philosophy of Science) (1991) 4 copies

The Genealogy of Knowledge: Analytical Essays in the History of Philosophy and Science (Routledge Revivals) (2018) 2 copies

Knowledge in Modern Philosophy (2021) 2 copies

'Creators of signs' in TLS 5599, 23 July 2010 [review of Edward Skidelsky's 'Ernst Cassirer: the last philosopher of culture' & JA Barash's 'The Symbolic Construction of Reality:… 1 copy

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The Cambridge Companion to Descartes (1992) — Contributor — 225 copies, 2 reviews

Embodiment: A History (2017) — Contributor — 15 copies

Mind, Method, and Morality: Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny (2010) — Contributor — 6 copies

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Birthdate: 1954
Gender: male
Education: University of London (BA)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Occupations: professor (History and Philosophy of Science)
Organizations: University of Sydney
Places of residence: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Associated Place (for map): New South Wales, Australia

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jwhenderson 2,942 reviews

Descartes: An Intellectual Biography by Stephen Gaukroger

This book provides an enlightening view of how Descartes developed his revolutionary ideas. An interesting intellectual biography that illuminates the ideas of Descartes' time.

Jun 12, 2024

laplantelibrary 4,803 reviews

The Blackwell Guide to Descartes' Meditations (Blackwell Guides to Great Works) by Stephen Gaukroger