Detalles del libro
Des Chene begins by surveying works that Descartes would likely have encountered, from late Aristotelian theories of the soul to medical literature and treatises on machines. The Cartesian theory of vital operations is examined with particular attention to the generation of animals. Des Chene also considers the role of the machine-model in furnishing a method in physiology, the ambiguities of the notion of machine, and of Descartes's problem of simulation. Finally, he looks at the various kinds of unity of the body, both in itself and in its union with the soul.
Spirits and Clocks continues Des Chene's highly regarded explorationbegun in his previous book, Life's Formof the scholastic and Cartesian sciences as well as the dialogue between these two worldviews.
About the Author:Dennis Des Chene is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Emory University.
- Encuadernación Otros
- Autor/es Des Chene, Dennis
- ISBN13 9780801437649
- ISBN10 0801437644
- Páginas 181
- Año de Edición 2001
Spirits and clocks (Machine and organism in Descartes)
- Autor/a Dennis Des Chene
- Editorial CORNELL
- ISBN 9780801437649
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