Malebranche's Theory of the Soul

This book offers a provocative interpretation of the theory of the soul in the writings of the French Cartesian, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715). Though recent work on Malebranche''s philosophy of mind has tended to emphasize his account of ideas, Schmaltz focuses rather on his rejection of Descartes'' doctrine that the mind is better known than the body. In particular, he considers and defends Ma...