History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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HoP 469 Ghost in the Machine: Cartesian Dualism

The word “Cartesian” is synonymous with a radical contrast between mind and body. What led Descartes to his dualism, and how can he explain vital activities in humans and animals having rejected the Aristotelian theory of soul?

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  HoP 481 True Fool’s Gold: Pierre Gassendi

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  HoP 480 Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism

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  HoP 479 Gideon Manning on Cartesian Medicine

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  HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science

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  HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender

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  HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians

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  HoP 475 Ariane Schneck on Elisabeth and Descartes

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  HoP 474 States of the Union: Descartes on the Passions

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  HoP 473 As Rational As You: Elisabeth of Bohemia

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  HoP 472 Less Cheer, More Knowledge: Descartes’ Ethics

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  HoP 471 Unclear and Indistinct Ideas: Debating the Meditations

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  HoP 470 Gary Hatfield on Descartes' Meditations

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  HoP 468 Perchance to Dream: Descartes’ Skeptical Method

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  HoP 467 Written in Mathematics: Descartes’ Physics

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  HoP 466 Well Hidden: Descartes’ Life and Works