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200 10$aDescartes and the metaphysics of human nature /$fJustin Skirry
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$dc2005
215   $a1 online resource (190 p.)
225 1 $aContinuum studies in philosophy
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8264-8637-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.
327   $aContents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Substance and Mode; 2 Cartesian Attributes and their Conceptual Distinction; 3 Cartesian Bodies; 4 The Substantial Union Argument; 5 Cartesian Hylomorphism; 6 Descartes's Dissolution to the Mind-Body Problem; Bibliography; Index
330   $aThe traditional account of mind/body union attributed to Descartes supposes that the immaterial, thinking mind and the material, non-thinking body interact by means of efficient causation - that the mind causes events in the body, e.g. the voluntary raising of an arm, and vice versa, e.g. the visual sensation of a tree. But this gives rise to a notorious philosophical problem: how can this causal interaction occur between the spiritual mind and the physical body since they have absolutely nothing in common and cannot come into contact with one another?Justin Skirry's book shows how Descartes i
410  0$aContinuum studies in philosophy.
606   $aMind and body
615  0$aMind and body.
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