Peterman, Alison:
Descartes and Spinoza : Two Approaches to Embodyment

In: Embodyment : A History / Smith, Justin E. H. (Hrsg./ed.). - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017: 215-240.

Literature type: Articles
Language: English
Thematic areas: Epistemology / methodology / philosophy of mind, Anthropology / psychology / doctrine of affections / body and mind, Comparison of theories
Subject (individuals): Descartes, René

English commentary: "In the 17th century, Descartes and Spinoza each provided interesting and influential approaches to answering the question: what is the relationship between a mind and its body? Descartes is in large part responsible for undermining the role of the soul in answering this question, formulating the “mind-body problem” in the form that philosophers still grapple with today. Following him, in Spinoza, we find (at least) three different accounts of embodiment, whose ingenuity is attested to by their long reception in the philosophical tradition." (abstract)

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