Descartes and the Metaphysics of Human Nature

by Justin Skirry

The traditional account of mind/body union attributed to Descartes supposes that the immaterial, thinking mind and the material, non-thinking body interact by means of efficient causation - that the mind causes events in the body, e.g. the voluntary raising of an arm, and vice versa, e.g. the visual sensation of a tree. But this gives rise to a notorious philosophical problem: how can this causal interaction occur between the spiritual mind and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826486371
• ISBN13: 9780826486370
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.6"