The Problem of Life: An Essay in the Origins of Biological ThoughtMacmillan, 1976 - 343 Seiten |
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... mind , Descartes next applies himself to the task of discovering what certainty we have of the existence of matter . We have already seen that he is prepared to doubt even the tautological certainties of mathematics , suggesting that it ...
... mind , Descartes next applies himself to the task of discovering what certainty we have of the existence of matter . We have already seen that he is prepared to doubt even the tautological certainties of mathematics , suggesting that it ...
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... mind , for Descartes , is associated with the brain . And , in The Passions of the Soul and L'Homme , we read that it exerts its power principally through the pineal ( 27 ) . Descartes maintains that he has arrived at this conclusion on ...
... mind , for Descartes , is associated with the brain . And , in The Passions of the Soul and L'Homme , we read that it exerts its power principally through the pineal ( 27 ) . Descartes maintains that he has arrived at this conclusion on ...
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... mind - ' these are speculations which however curious and entertaining , I shall decline ' . He systematically uses metaphors derived from the sciences of res extensa . Indeed , the central concept of his philosophy is expressed in ...
... mind - ' these are speculations which however curious and entertaining , I shall decline ' . He systematically uses metaphors derived from the sciences of res extensa . Indeed , the central concept of his philosophy is expressed in ...
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Preface | 8 |
The act of imagination | 8 |
The palaeontology of some key words | 17 |
Urheberrecht | |
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