Descartes and the Passionate Mind
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521857287
ISBN-13
9780521857284
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 22nd, 2006
Print length
244 Pages
Weight
516 grams
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16.00 x 23.60 x 2.10 cms
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Descartes is often accused of having fragmented the human being into two independent substances, mind and body. Deborah Brown argues that, contrary to this view, Descartes did in fact have a conception of a single, integrated human being, and that the passions are a crucial element of it.
Descartes is often accused of having fragmented the human being into two independent substances, mind and body, with no clear strategy for explaining the apparent unity of human experience. Deborah Brown argues that, contrary to this view, Descartes did in fact have a conception of a single, integrated human being, and that in his view this conception is crucial to the success of human beings as rational and moral agents and as practitioners of science. The passions are pivotal in this, and in a rich and wide-ranging discussion she examines Descartes' place in the tradition of thought about the passions, the metaphysics of actions and passions, sensory representation, and Descartes' account of self-mastery and virtue. Her study is an important and original reading not only of Descartes' account of mind-body unity but also of his theory of mind.
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