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Автор: Chene, Dennis Des
Название: Spirits and clocks
ISBN: 9780801437649
Издательство: Wiley EDC
Классификация:

Западная философия: с 1600 до 1900

Философия науки

ISBN-10: 0801437644
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 200
Вес: 0.48 кг.
Дата издания: 29.11.2000
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 20 halftones
Размер: 24.16 x 16.08 x 1.83 cm
Читательская аудитория: Undergraduate
Подзаголовок: Machine and organism in descartes
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Поставляется из: Англии
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Although the basis of modern biology is Cartesian, Descartess theories of biology have been more often ridiculed than studied. Yet, Dennis Des Chene demonstrates, the themes, arguments, and vocabulary of his mechanistic biology pervade the writings of many seventeenth-century authors. In his illuminating account of Cartesian physiology in its historical context, Des Chene focuses on the philosophers innovative reworking of that field, including the nature of life, the problem of generation, and the concepts of health and illness.

Des Chene begins by surveying works that Descartes would likely have encountered, from late Aristotelian theories of the soul to medical literature and treatises on machines. The Cartesian theory of vital operations is examined with particular attention to the generation of animals. Des Chene also considers the role of the machine-model in furnishing a method in physiology, the ambiguities of the notion of machine, and of Descartess problem of simulation. Finally, he looks at the various kinds of unity of the body, both in itself and in its union with the soul.

Spirits and Clocks continues Des Chenes highly regarded exploration—begun in his previous book, Lifes Form—of the scholastic and Cartesian sciences as well as the dialogue between these two worldviews.

Spirits and clocks, Chene, Dennis Des