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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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Abbreviations; A Supporting Website; Preface; A Parallel Text of the Didache; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; PartI THE COMPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE DIDACHE; Chapter 2 THE ''EUCHARISTIC'' PRAYERS IN DIDACHE 9 AND 10; Chapter 3 THE INTEGRITY OF DIDACHE 16; Chapter 4 ELEMENTS WITHIN DIDACHE 1-5; Chapter 5 THE PERI LAYER: 6.1-3; 7.1a, c, e, 4a; 9.1-5a; 11.3a, 4-6; 16.1-6,8-9; Chapter 6 THE PROPHET DOCUMENT: 10.1-7; 11.7-9,12; 12.1-5; Chapter 7 THE MODIFYING TEACHER LAYER: 1.5a-6; 7.1b, d, 2-3,4b; 8.1-2a,2c-3; 9.5b; 11.1-2; 11.10-11.
  • 13.11-15.2Chapter 8 THE GOSPEL LAYER: 8.2b; 11.3b; 15.3-4; Chapter 9 THE FULL EXTENT OF THE PERI LAYER; Chapter 10 CONCLUSION: THE COMPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF THE DIDACHE; Part II THE POINTS OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE DIDACHE AND MATTHEW''S GOSPEL; Chapter 11 MATTHEW''S GOSPEL AND THE MODIFYING TEACHER LAYER; Chapter 12 MATTHEW''S GOSPEL AND THE PROPHET LAYER; Chapter 13 MATTHEW''S GOSPEL AND DIDACHE 16; Chapter 14 MATTHEW''S GOSPEL AND DIDACHE 1.1-6; Chapter 15 FURTHER POINTS OF CONTACT BETWEEN MATTHEW''S GOSPEL AND THE PERI/BASE LAYER; Part III CONCLUSION; Chapter 16 CONCLUSION; Bibliography.

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