Spirits and clocks : machine and organism in Descartes /
Des Chene, Dennis,
Spirits and clocks : machine and organism in Descartes / Dennis Des Chene. - xiii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-175) and index.
Tales of the Bete-Machine -- Self-Movers -- Cycles -- The feu sans lumiere -- Where Do Machines Come From? -- The First Circle -- The Nervous System -- Flows and Resistances, Fluids and Solids -- Descartes' Tasks -- The Uses of Usus -- Naming of Parts -- The Assumption of Normality -- Machines, Mechanisms, Bodies, Organs -- Tools of Knowledge -- The Analysis of Capacities -- Instrument and Organ -- Artifacts -- Jeux d'artifice -- Simulation, Illusion, and Questions of Method -- The Double Twist -- The Scope of Intention -- Unity of the Body -- Against Ends -- Physical Unity -- Dispositional Unity -- Functional and Intentional Unity -- Substantial Unity -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources.
"Although the basis of modern biology is Cartesian, Descartes' 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 philosopher's innovative reworking of that field, including the nature of life, the problem of generation, and the concepts of health and illness." "Spirits and Clocks continues Des Chene's exploration - begun in his previous book, Life's Form - of the scholastic and Cartesian sciences as well as the dialogue between these two worldviews."--Jacket.
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Descartes, René, 1596-1650 --Knowledge and learning.
Physiology--Philosophy.
Physiology in literature.
Philosophy in literature.
Philosophy.
Physiology.
TradeCat Timekeeper (general) Philosophy
2001 I-446 QT 104 / D441s 2001
Spirits and clocks : machine and organism in Descartes / Dennis Des Chene. - xiii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-175) and index.
Tales of the Bete-Machine -- Self-Movers -- Cycles -- The feu sans lumiere -- Where Do Machines Come From? -- The First Circle -- The Nervous System -- Flows and Resistances, Fluids and Solids -- Descartes' Tasks -- The Uses of Usus -- Naming of Parts -- The Assumption of Normality -- Machines, Mechanisms, Bodies, Organs -- Tools of Knowledge -- The Analysis of Capacities -- Instrument and Organ -- Artifacts -- Jeux d'artifice -- Simulation, Illusion, and Questions of Method -- The Double Twist -- The Scope of Intention -- Unity of the Body -- Against Ends -- Physical Unity -- Dispositional Unity -- Functional and Intentional Unity -- Substantial Unity -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources.
"Although the basis of modern biology is Cartesian, Descartes' 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 philosopher's innovative reworking of that field, including the nature of life, the problem of generation, and the concepts of health and illness." "Spirits and Clocks continues Des Chene's exploration - begun in his previous book, Life's Form - of the scholastic and Cartesian sciences as well as the dialogue between these two worldviews."--Jacket.
0801437644 9780801437649
00009872
GBA119044 bnb
101097183 DNLM 011997421 Uk
Descartes, René, 1596-1650 --Knowledge and learning.
Physiology--Philosophy.
Physiology in literature.
Philosophy in literature.
Philosophy.
Physiology.
TradeCat Timekeeper (general) Philosophy
2001 I-446 QT 104 / D441s 2001