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Scientia in Early Modern PhilosophyScientia and Self-knowledge in Descartes

Scientia in Early Modern Philosophy: Scientia and Self-knowledge in Descartes [In The Search after Truth and related writings Malebranche strongly criticizes Descartes’s thesis that the nature of the mind is better known than the nature of body. In opposition to his mentor Malebranche maintains that whereas we have a clear idea of body, we have no such idea of the mind; we know the mind only by consciousness or internal sensation. In the last twenty years or so Malebranche’s critique of Descartes in this area has attracted a good deal of mostly favorable attention, and especially if we stand back a little from the texts, it is not difficult to see why.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Scientia in Early Modern PhilosophyScientia and Self-knowledge in Descartes

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 24)
Editors: Sorell, Tom; Rogers, G.A.; Kraye, Jill
Jolley, Nicholas
Scientia in Early Modern Philosophy — Sep 28, 2009
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
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© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
ISBN
978-90-481-3076-4
Pages
83 –97
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-3077-1_6
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[In The Search after Truth and related writings Malebranche strongly criticizes Descartes’s thesis that the nature of the mind is better known than the nature of body. In opposition to his mentor Malebranche maintains that whereas we have a clear idea of body, we have no such idea of the mind; we know the mind only by consciousness or internal sensation. In the last twenty years or so Malebranche’s critique of Descartes in this area has attracted a good deal of mostly favorable attention, and especially if we stand back a little from the texts, it is not difficult to see why.]

Published: Sep 28, 2009

Keywords: Dispositional Property; Perfect Knowledge; Mental Structure; Early Modern Period; Eternal Truth

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