Adriaenssen, Han Thomas <br/><br/>
Representation and scepticism from Aquinas to Descartes / 
Han Thomas Adriaenssen. 
 - New York :  Cambridge university press,  2017. 
 - viii, 279 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Through species to the world: Aquinas and Henry of Ghent<br/>Perception without intermediaries: Olivi's Critique of species<br/>Direct realism about perception and beyond: Auriol and Ockham<br/>Transformations of Cartesianism: Malebranche and Arnauld<br/>Ideas and objects in Desgabets's radical Cartesianism<br/>The solid philosophy of John Sergeant<br/>From representation to object<br/>Criteriological problems 
<br/><br/> In this book, Han Thomas Adriaenssen provides the first comparative analysis of the skeptical reception of representationalism in medieval and early modern philosophy. While Descartes is traditionally seen as the originator of a new form of skepticism by asserting that the direct objects of perception are mental images rather than external objects, Adriaenssen demonstrates that critics had already identified similar issues with Aquinas's theory of representation as early as the thirteenth century. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107181625 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Representation (Philosophy).<br/>Scepticism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>121.6  / ADR