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What am I? : Descartes and the mind-body problem / Joseph Almog.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Almog, Joseph, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Descartes, René, 1596-1650--Contributions in dualist doctrine of mind and body.
- Descartes, René.
- Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
- Mind and body--History--17th century.
- Mind and body.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 139 pages)
- Other Title:
- Descartes and the mind-body problem
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The apparent separation of mind and body has vexed philosophers since Descartes first expressed an interest in the paradox. Joseph Almog argues that Descartes resolved the dilemma by treating them as separate yet interdependent.
- Contents:
- The Real Distinction
- Conceivability, Possibility, Whatness
- The Argument from Possibility
- Descartes vs. Arnauld
- The Primacy of Whatness
- Appendix: Conceivability
- Does Epistemology Precede Metaphysics?
- Integrative Dualism
- The Prove Too Much/Prove Too Little Dilemma
- Separatist Dualism: Four Basic Annotations
- Integrative Dualism: The Quest for Symmetry
- Subjects in Time: Two Cartesian Frameworks
- The Real Man
- The Primal Question and the Primal Answer.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-517719-3
- 1-281-98896-0
- 9786611988968
- 0-19-803346-X
- OCLC:
- 560545444
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