Descartes and the metaphysics of human nature

Descartes and the metaphysics of human nature / Justin Skirry.

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...

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Main Author: Skirry, Justin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2005.
Series:Continuum studies in philosophy.
Subjects:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650
Mind and body.
PHILOSOPHY > Mind & Body.
Mind and body
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 179 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index.
ISBN:9781847144065
1847144063
1281294942
9781281294944
9786611294946
6611294945
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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