Karen Detlefsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. She has previously contributed articles to Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy, Perspectives on Science and Philosophy Compass.

• Introduction; Part I. Skepticism: 1. The skepticism of the first meditation Thomas M. Lennon and Michael W. Hickson; 2. Descartes and content skepticism Deborah Brown; Part II. Substance and Cause: 3. Descartes against the materialists: how Descartes' confrontation with materialism shaped his metaphysics Daniel Garber; 4. Thinking: the nature of Descartes' mental substance Martha Brandt Bolton; 5. Causation and causal axioms Tad M. Schmaltz; Part III. Sensations: 6. Sensation and knowledge of body in Descartes' Meditations John Carriero; 7. Descartes on sensory representation, objective reality, and material falsity Gary Hatfield; Part IV. The Human Being: 8. Teleology and natures in Descartes' sixth meditation Karen Detlefsen; 9. The role of will in Descartes' Account of Judgment Lilli Alanen; 10. God and meditation in Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy Jorge Secada; 11. Cartesian selves Lisa Shapiro.

Karen Detlefsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. She has previously contributed articles to Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy, Perspectives on Science and Philosophy Compass.

• Introduction; Part I. Skepticism: 1. The skepticism of the first meditation Thomas M. Lennon and Michael W. Hickson; 2. Descartes and content skepticism Deborah Brown; Part II. Substance and Cause: 3. Descartes against the materialists: how Descartes' confrontation with materialism shaped his metaphysics Daniel Garber; 4. Thinking: the nature of Descartes' mental substance Martha Brandt Bolton; 5. Causation and causal axioms Tad M. Schmaltz; Part III. Sensations: 6. Sensation and knowledge of body in Descartes' Meditations John Carriero; 7. Descartes on sensory representation, objective reality, and material falsity Gary Hatfield; Part IV. The Human Being: 8. Teleology and natures in Descartes' sixth meditation Karen Detlefsen; 9. The role of will in Descartes' Account of Judgment Lilli Alanen; 10. God and meditation in Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy Jorge Secada; 11. Cartesian selves Lisa Shapiro.

Karen Detlefsen is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. She has previously contributed articles to Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy, Perspectives on Science and Philosophy Compass.

• Introduction; Part I. Skepticism: 1. The skepticism of the first meditation Thomas M. Lennon and Michael W. Hickson; 2. Descartes and content skepticism Deborah Brown; Part II. Substance and Cause: 3. Descartes against the materialists: how Descartes' confrontation with materialism shaped his metaphysics Daniel Garber; 4. Thinking: the nature of Descartes' mental substance Martha Brandt Bolton; 5. Causation and causal axioms Tad M. Schmaltz; Part III. Sensations: 6. Sensation and knowledge of body in Descartes' Meditations John Carriero; 7. Descartes on sensory representation, objective reality, and material falsity Gary Hatfield; Part IV. The Human Being: 8. Teleology and natures in Descartes' sixth meditation Karen Detlefsen; 9. The role of will in Descartes' Account of Judgment Lilli Alanen; 10. God and meditation in Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy Jorge Secada; 11. Cartesian selves Lisa Shapiro.