Essays on Descartes / Paul Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Paul, 1952- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written by Paul Hoffman, one of the most influential contemporary scholars working on Descartes, this text is a collection of his wide-ranging essays on Descartes composed over the past 25 years.

Contents:

The unity of Descartes's man

Cartesian composites

Descartes's theory of distinction

Descartes's watch analogy

The union and interaction of mind and body (part 1)

Descartes and Aquinas on per se subsistence and the union of soul and body

The union and interaction of mind and body (part 2)

Cartesian passions and Cartesian dualism

Passion and motion in the new mechanics

Descartes on misrepresentation

Direct realism, intentionality, and the objective being of ideas

Three dualist theories of the passions

Freedom and strength of will: Descartes and Albritton

The passions and freedom of will.

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-270) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-029573-2

0-19-773033-7

1-282-05362-0

9786612053627

0-19-971754-0

OCLC:

319212756