The good Cartesian : Louis de La Forge and the rise of a philosophical paradigm / Steven Nadler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nadler, Steven M., 1958- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

La Forge, Louis de, 1632-1665 or 1666.

La Forge, Louis de.

Descartes, René, 1596-1650--Disciples.

Descartes, René.

Philosophy, French--17th century.

Philosophy, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Steven Nadler presents a biographical and philosophical study of Louis de La Forge (1632-1666), an important but underappreciated (and understudied) follower of René Descartes (1596-1650) who made a major contribution to making Cartesianism the dominant philosophical paradigm of the seventeenth century. La Forge was a devoted and faithful, but not uncritical, disciple who defended, updated, and even corrected Descartes' metaphysics, physics, and physiology, both to move Cartesian system to greater internal coherence and to make it more consistent with the latest scientific developments.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Cartesian Beginnings

1. Louis de La Forge

2. Cartesianism, 1650-1663

3. Illustrating the World

4. A Disciple's Commentary

5. The Cartesian Mind

6. The Union of Mind and Body

7. Occasionalisms

8. The World of Bodies

9. Mind and Motion

10. Ideas and Volitions

Conclusion: How Important Was La Forge?

Gallery of Figures

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 16, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-767174-8

0-19-767172-1

0-19-767173-X