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Title: Try a different book
Review: This is a typical Anglo-American discussion of Descartes as if he were a 20th-century analytic philosopher-- of course he was not. The author trots out most of the standard "refutations" of Cartesian philosophy (some in less than a page) so that anyone approaching Descartes for the first time may wonder why he was ever thought to be an important philosopher.The whole book looks like it was thrown together in a week: there are numerous errors in layout and typesetting, and the text itself is more of a hasty sketch than a coherent analysis. (The editors must have been asleep.)If you are looking for a good introduction to Descartes, try a different book-- or better yet take the time to read Descartes's own words. The "Meditations" is a short work, and most translations include a helpful introduction. It will be well worth the time and effort!
