Malebranches Theory Of The Soul

Author : Tad M. Schmaltz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195103440
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Malebranche's Theory of the Soul written by Tad M. Schmaltz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers in the broader context of early modern Cartesianism Malebranche's claim that consciousness of the soul yields knowledge of a nature that is radically inferior in kind to the knowledge that Cartesians have of the nature of the body.

Author : Nicholas Jolley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198238195
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Light of the Soul written by Nicholas Jolley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of an idea plays a central role in seventeenth-century theories of mind and knowledge. However, philosophers of the period were seriously divided over the nature of ideas. The Light of the Soul examines the important but neglected debate on this issue between Leibniz, Malebranche,and Descartes. In reaction to Descartes, Malebranche argues that ideas are not mental but abstract, logical entities. Leibniz in turn replies to Malebranche by reclaiming ideas for psychology. Nicholas Jolley explores the theological dimension of the debate by showing how the three philosophersmake use of biblical and patristic teaching. The debate has important implications for such major issues in early modern philosophy as innate ideas, self-knowledge, scepticism, the mind-body problem, and the creation of the eternal truths. Jolley goes on to consider the relevance of theseventeenth-century controversy to modern discussions of the relation between logic and psychology.'This is an excellent book about a variety of themes in seventeenth-century philosophy . . . an engaging and stimulating tour of a series of fascinating philosophical debates which constitute central dimensions of the seventeenth-century philosophical tradition. . . . Jolley has a finephilosophical sense, an excellent knowledge of the texts, and a rich appreciation of the secondary literature.' Michael L. Morgan, Review of Metaphysics'Jolley has written a rich and useful book.Its concerns are important and he presents them in a remarkably accessible fashion. . . . Very seldom does a book like this appear that will be of serious interest both to the most advanced, sophisticated researchers in the field and to those with onlypassing knowledge of the basic texts ... It is an engaging book, in both senses of the term. Its style and method of argument are not only prepossessing, but they also draw one into the dialectic, and in a philosophically productive way.' Thomas M. Lennon, Canadian Philosophical Reviews'careful and perceptive . . . lucid and wide-ranging' John Cottingham, Times Literary Supplement'A significant study of a central topic in modern philosophy . . . Without losing sight of his central theme, Jolley manages to illuminate a host of related topics in epistemology and the philosophy of mind, and succeeds quite admirably in offering a philosophically stimulating, historically richdiscussion of the nature of ideas. Consequently, this book should be purchased by every academic library supporting undergraduate degree programs in philosophy.' C. J. Shields, Choice

Author : Tad Schmaltz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198026366
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Malebranche's Theory of the Soul written by Tad Schmaltz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-09-05 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Malebranche's argument that this rejection has a Cartesian basis. Schmaltz reveals that this argument not only provides a fresh perspective on Cartesianism but also is relevant to current debates in the philosophy of mind.

Author : Tad M. Schmaltz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199833641
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Malebranche's Theory of the Soul written by Tad M. Schmaltz and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers in the broader context of early modern Cartesianism Malebranche's claim that consciousness of the soul yields knowledge of a nature that is radically inferior in kind to the knowledge that Cartesians have of the nature of the body.

Author : Steven Nadler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521627290
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Malebranche written by Steven Nadler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-07-03 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion contains specially commissioned essays addressing Malebranche's thought comprehensively and systematically.

Author : Ralph W. Church
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000486095
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Study in the Philosophy of Malebranche written by Ralph W. Church and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-29 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1931, A Study in the Philosophy of Malebranche examines the theories which constitute the philosophical system of Malebranche. From the entire gamut of Malebranche’s works, Church specifically culls out and analyses theories pertaining to Malebranche’s vision in god; knowledge; occasionalism; and imagination and sense. These theories are embedded within Malebranche’s lifelong engagement with the works of Descartes and to some extent, St. Augustine. A philosopher often overlooked, A Study in the Philosophy of Malebranche has enduring relevance for students of philosophy and theology.

Author : Stewart Goetz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444395920
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of the Soul written by Stewart Goetz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a clear and concise history of the soul in western philosophy, from Plato to cutting-edge contemporary work in philosophy of mind. Packed with arguments for and against a range of different, historically significant philosophies of the soul Addresses the essential issues, including mind-body interaction, the causal closure of the physical world, and the philosophical implications of the brain sciences for the soul's existence Includes coverage of theories from key figures, such as Plato, Aquinas, Locke, Hume, and Descartes Unique in combining the history of ideas and the development of a powerful case for a non-reductionist, non-materialist account of the soul

Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162466198X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Passions of the Soul written by René Descartes and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1989-12-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Translator's Introduction Introduction by Genevieve Rodis-Lewis The Passions of the Soul: Preface PART I: About the Passions in General, and Incidentally about the Entire Nature of Man PART II: About the Number and Order of the Passions, and the Explanation of the Six Primitives PART III: About the Particular Passions Lexicon: Index to Lexicon Bibliography Index Index Locorum

Author : W. J. Mander
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199230307
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of John Norris written by W. J. Mander and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008-06-26 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W.J. Mander presents this study of the English philosopher/theologian John Norris (1657-1711). Best known as a critic of John Locke, Norris incorporated ideas of Augustine, Malebranche, Plato, the Cambridge Platonists, and the scholastics into an original synthesis, highly influential in his day.

Author : Nicholas Jolley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199669554
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Causality and Mind written by Nicholas Jolley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents 17 of Nicholas Jolley's essays on early modern philosophy. They focus on two main themes: the debate over the nature of causality; and the issues posed by Descartes' innovations in the philosophy of mind. Together, they show that philosophers in the period are systematic critics of their contemporaries and predecessors.