Matter of Mind
What influence did René Descartes'' concept of mind-body dualism have on early modern conceptions of the self? In The Matter of Mind, Christopher Braider challenges the presumed centrality of Descartes'' groundbreaking theory to seventeenth-century French culture. He details the broad opposition to rational self-government among Descartes'' contemporaries, and attributes conventional links bet...
What influence did René Descartes'' concept of mind-body dualism have on early modern conceptions of the self? In The Matter of Mind, Christopher Braider challenges the presumed centrality of Descartes'' groundbreaking theory to seventeenth-century French culture. He details the broad opposition to rational self-government among Descartes'' contemporaries, and attributes conventional links bet...
