Descartes and the body-machine

This text describes the scientific medical atmosphere of Holland during century XVII, context in which the Cartesian model of body-machine is elaborated, and the intellectual relation that Descartes maintained with doctors and university professors (Harvey, among others). On the other hand, the text...

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Main Author: Maria Teresa Aguilar
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Pontificia Comillas 2014-11-01
Series:Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica
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Online Access:https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/2492
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description This text describes the scientific medical atmosphere of Holland during century XVII, context in which the Cartesian model of body-machine is elaborated, and the intellectual relation that Descartes maintained with doctors and university professors (Harvey, among others). On the other hand, the text puts in evidence the traditional dualism attributed to Descartes, according to a detailed reading of his texts, in that the thesis of strict dualism is released by trialistic interpretations of authors like Monroy-Nasr.
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spelling doaj.art-58fe77c2286d4144b4e181fa135294fb2022-12-22T00:08:35ZspaUniversidad Pontificia ComillasPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica0031-47492386-58222014-11-01662497557702338Descartes and the body-machineMaria Teresa Aguilar0Universidad Castilla-La ManchaThis text describes the scientific medical atmosphere of Holland during century XVII, context in which the Cartesian model of body-machine is elaborated, and the intellectual relation that Descartes maintained with doctors and university professors (Harvey, among others). On the other hand, the text puts in evidence the traditional dualism attributed to Descartes, according to a detailed reading of his texts, in that the thesis of strict dualism is released by trialistic interpretations of authors like Monroy-Nasr.https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/2492relación mente-cuerpo, trialismo, dualismo, glándula pineal, cuerpo-máquina
spellingShingle Maria Teresa Aguilar
Descartes and the body-machine
Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica
relación mente-cuerpo, trialismo, dualismo, glándula pineal, cuerpo-máquina
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title_full Descartes and the body-machine
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title_short Descartes and the body-machine
title_sort descartes and the body machine
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url https://revistas.upcomillas.es/index.php/pensamiento/article/view/2492
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