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Descartes' philosophy represented one of the most explicit
statements of mind-body dualism in the history of philosophy. Its
most familiar expression is found in the Meditations (1641) and in
Part I of The Principles 0/ Philosophy (1644). However neither of
these books provided a detailed discussion of dualism. The
Meditations was primarily concerned with finding a foundation for
reliable human knowledge, while the Principles attempted to provide
an alternative metaphysical framework, in contrast with scholastic
philosophy, within which natural philosophy or a scien tific
explanation of natural phenomena could be developed. Thus neither
book ex plicitly presents a Cartesian theory of the mind nor does
either give a detailed account of how, if dualism were accepted,
mind and body would interact. The task of articulating such a
theory was left to two further works, only one of which was
completed by Descartes, viz. the Treatise on Man (published
posthumously in 1664). The Treatise began with the following
sentence, describing the hypothetical human beings who were to be
explained in that work: 'These human beings will be com posed, as
we are, of a soul and a body; and, first of all, I must describe
the body for you separately; then, also separately, the soul; and
fmally I must show you how these two natures would have to be
joined and united to constitute human beings resembling us."
Descartes' philosophy represented one of the most explicit
statements of mind-body dualism in the history of philosophy. Its
most familiar expression is found in the Meditations (1641) and in
Part I of The Principles 0/ Philosophy (1644). However neither of
these books provided a detailed discussion of dualism. The
Meditations was primarily concerned with finding a foundation for
reliable human knowledge, while the Principles attempted to provide
an alternative metaphysical framework, in contrast with scholastic
philosophy, within which natural philosophy or a scien tific
explanation of natural phenomena could be developed. Thus neither
book ex plicitly presents a Cartesian theory of the mind nor does
either give a detailed account of how, if dualism were accepted,
mind and body would interact. The task of articulating such a
theory was left to two further works, only one of which was
completed by Descartes, viz. the Treatise on Man (published
posthumously in 1664). The Treatise began with the following
sentence, describing the hypothetical human beings who were to be
explained in that work: 'These human beings will be com posed, as
we are, of a soul and a body; and, first of all, I must describe
the body for you separately; then, also separately, the soul; and
fmally I must show you how these two natures would have to be
joined and united to constitute human beings resembling us."
This Book Is In Latin. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this
book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of
the original text.
This Book Is In Latin. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this
book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of
the original text.
This Book Is In Latin. Due to the very old age and scarcity of this
book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of
the original text.
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