Descartes' temporal dualism / Rebecca Lloyd Waller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waller, Rebecca Lloyd, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time.

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>Rebecca Lloyd Waller defends a temporal dualist interpretation of Descartes' account of time to directly engage and address common interpretive puzzles. </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Descartes' Temporal Dualism </span><span>offers a significant contribution to the understanding of an important, but frequently neglected component of Descartes' ontology. </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Pre-Cartesian Approaches to Time; Chapter Two: Time is Not (and Could Not Be) a Cartesian Substance; Chapter Three: Descartes' Temporal Dualism; Chapter Four: Two Temporal Attributes that are Ontologically on Par; Chapter Five: Temporal Dualism as an Elegant Solution; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-7523-8

OCLC:

894895280