Descartes and the metaphysics of human nature [[electronic resource] /] / Justin Skirry
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| Autore: |
Skirry Justin
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| Titolo: |
Descartes and the metaphysics of human nature [[electronic resource] /] / Justin Skirry
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 128/.2/092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mind and body |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Descartes and the metaphysics of human nature |
| ISBN: | 1-281-29494-2 |
| 9786611294946 | |
| 1-84714-406-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451013503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Continuum studies in philosophy.