{"product_id":"9781400828180","title":"Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen: The Defense of Reason in Descartes's Meditations","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this classic work, best-selling author Harry Frankfurt provides a compelling analysis of the question that not only lies at the heart of Descartes's \u003ci\u003eMeditations\u003c\/i\u003e, but also constitutes the central preoccupation of modern philosophy: on what basis can reason claim to provide any justification for the truth of our beliefs? \u003ci\u003eDemons, Dreamers, and Madmen\u003c\/i\u003e provides an ingenious account of Descartes's defense of reason against his own famously skeptical doubts that he might be a madman, dreaming, or, worse yet, deceived by an evil demon into believing falsely.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrankfurt's masterful and imaginative reading of Descartes's seminal work not only stands the test of time; one imagines Descartes himself nodding in agreement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121702027504,"sku":"9781400828180","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400828180_p0.jpg?v=1763712570","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400828180","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}