René Descartes - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2008年12月3日 · In metaphysics (the search for the basic principles of everything there is), Descartes provided arguments for the existence of God and to show that the essence of matter is to be spatially extended, and that the essence of mind is thought (where “thought” includes sensory images as well as rational discourse).
The Mind-Body Distinction - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
One of the deepest and most lasting legacies of Descartes’ philosophy is his thesis that mind and body are really distinct—a thesis now called “mind-body dualism.” He reaches this conclusion by arguing that the nature of the mind (that is, a thinking, non-extended thing) is completely different from that of the body (that is, an ...
we have chosen to call his 'philosophy of mind'. Moreover, the discussion, as the title suggests, consists of two parts: the first is concerned with the inherent nature of the human mind, while in the second he expounds his doctrine of the immediacy and conse-quent certainty of the mind's knowledge of itself.2 His division
Descartes and the Discovery of the Mind-Body Problem
2019年8月8日 · The French philosopher René Descartes is often credited with discovering the mind-body problem, a mystery that haunts philosophers to this day. The reality is more complicated than that.
Descartes : Descartes' philosophy of mind : Cottingham, John, …
2022年9月6日 · Descartes : Descartes' philosophy of mind by Cottingham, John, 1943-Publication date 1997 Topics Descartes, René, 1596-1650 Publisher London : Phoenix Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 245.8M . 58 pages ; 19 cm
Descartes’ Theory of Ideas - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
2007年3月14日 · In terms of his ontology, the mind is an existing (finite) substance, and thought or thinking is its attribute. Insofar as the nature of a mind is to think, where thought is the mind’s defining feature, Descartes calls it the mind’s principal attribute (AT VIIIA 25; CSM I 210–11). An idea is a mode of thinking.
Descartes’ Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
1997年12月3日 · René Descartes (1596–1650) is widely regarded as a key figure in the founding of modern philosophy. His noteworthy contributions extend to mathematics and physics. This entry focuses on his philosophical contributions to the theory of knowledge.
Descartes's Concept of Mind — Harvard University Press
2003年10月14日 · Descartes's concept of the mind, as distinct from the body with which it forms a union, set the agenda for much of Western philosophy's subsequent reflection on human nature and thought. This is the first book to give an analysis of Descartes's pivotal concept that deals with all the functions of the mind, cognitive as well as volitional ...
Rene Descartes | Biography, Ideas, Philosophy, ‘I Think, Therefore …
2024年12月9日 · Rene Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher, generally regarded as the founder of modern Western philosophy. He is known for his epistemological foundationalism as expressed in the cogito (‘I think, therefore I am’), his metaphysical dualism, and his rationalism based on innate ideas of mind, matter, and God.
This paper examines Descartes's view of man and the understanding involved in the notion of the mind-body union. The aim is to spell out the implications of Descartes's distinction between different and incomparable primary and related kinds …