The modern view of causation can be traced back to the mechanistic science of Descartes, whose rejection of Aristotelian physics, with its concept of substantial forms, in favor of mechanical ...

Brown's overall recommendation with Descartes and the Passionate Mind is that interpretation of Descartes' Philosophy of mind should be re-conceived in the light of those writings, such as the ...

René Descartes once described the pineal gland as “the principal seat of the soul.” Medical knowledge has vastly progressed ...

The Cartesian Curse: To Degrade a Human Being Is to Call It a Lower Animal Another Cartesian philosopher who was not fond of ...

and he spent some dozen-plus years publishing articles in early modern philosophy—on Descartes, Malebranche, and Leibniz, focusing on the themes of mind, perception, causation, and God. His interest ...

A different faculty member organizes each Henle Conference according to his or her area of interest. Past focus areas include Descartes’ philosophy, experimental knowledge, philosophy of perception, ...

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My primary research focus is German philosophy from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. My main project deals with the reception of Descartes in seventeenth- and early-eighteenth century ...

Philosophy invites us to ponder the core of human existence and question the essence of life, while seeking answers to ...