Desmond Clarke
Desmond M.Clarke is an author and professor of philosophy at UCC, in Cork, Ireland. His academic achievements include: his BSc (National University, Ireland), his PhD (University of Notre Dame), and his DLitt (National University, Ireland), MRIA. His research interests lie predominantly in the 17th century, on such topics as the history of philosophy and theories of science - with a specific interest in the writings of Rene Descartes, as well as contemporary church/state relations, human rights, and nationalism. He is currently co-editor of the Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy series, and he is the translator of the Penguin edition of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy. Prof. Clarke has been a vocal opponent of UCC presidentGerard T Wrixon's redevelopment plans for the university, culminating in the governing body of the college voting to remove him. However it was established that the body didn't have any such right, and Prof. Clarke remained a member of the governing council.
Recent Publications
- Descartes's Theory of Mind (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003)
- Pascal's Philosophy of Science in N. Hammond, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Pascal (Cambridge University Press, 2003), 102-121.
- Explanation, Consciousness and Cartesian Dualism, in R.E. Auxier and L.E. Hahn, eds., The Philosophy of Marjorie Grene (Library of Living Philosophers, vol. xxix). Chicago and La Salle, III.; Open Court, 2002, pp. 471-85.
- Exorcising Ryle's Ghost from Cartesian Metaphysics, Philosophical Inquiry, 23 (2001), 27-36.
- Causal powers and occasionalism from Descartes to Malebranche, in S. Gaukroger, ed. Descartes' Natural Philosophy (Routledge, 2000), 131 -48.
- Cartesianism, in W. Applebaum, ed. Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution (Garland, 2000), 122-24.
- Constitutional Bootstrapping: the Irish Nation, Ir. Law Times, 18 (2000), 74-77
- Nationalism, the Irish Constitution, and Multicultural Citizenship, Northern Ireland Legal Quart. 51 (2000), 100-19.
- A two-volume edition of the works of Descartes: René Descartes, Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings (Penguin, 1998), and Discourse on Method and Related Writings (Penguin, 1999).
- D. Clarke and C. Jones, eds., The Rights of Nations: Nations and Nationalism in a Changing World (N. Y.: St. Martin's Press, and Cork University Press, 1999).
- Faith and Reason in the Thought of Moise Amyraut, in A. P. Coudert, et. al. eds. Judaeo-Christian Intellectual Culture in the Seventeenth Century (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1999), pp. 145-59.
- Education, the State, and Sectarian Schools, in T. Murphy and P. Twomey, eds. Ireland's Evolving Constitution (Oxford: Hart, 1998), pp. 65-77.
- Descartes' Concept of Scientific Explanation, in J. Cottingham, ed. Descartes (Oxford Readings in Philosophy; Oxford University Press, 1998), pp. 259-80.
- Nation, State and Nationality in the Irish Constitution, Ir. Law Times, 16 (1998), 252-6.