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245 14 a| The matter of mindh| [electronic resource] :b| reason and experience in the age of Descartes /c| Christopher Braider.;

260 a| Toronto :b| University of Toronto Press,c| [2012];

300 a| xii, 340 pages, 4 pages unnumbered plates :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-321) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction. Experience and the matter of mind : dualism, classicism, and the myth of the modern subject in seventeenth-century France -- Front matter : placing Descartes's Meditations -- A state of mind : embodying the sovereign in Poussin's The judgment of Solomon -- The witch from Colchis : Corneille's Médée, Chimène's Le Cid, and the invention of classical genius -- Seeing is believing : image and Imaginaire in Molière's Sganarelle -- The ghost in the machine : reason, faith, and experience in Pascalian apologetics -- Des mots sans fin : meaning and the end(s) of history in Boileau's Satire XII, 'Sur l'equivoque'.;

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520 a| "What influence did René Descartes' concept of mind-body dualism have on early modern conceptions of the self? In The Matter of Mind, Christopher Braider challenges the presumed centrality of Descartes' groundbreaking theory to seventeenth-century French culture. He details the broad opposition to rational self-government among Descartes' contemporaries, and attributes conventional links between Descartes and the myth of the 'modern subject' to post-structuralist assessments.;

520 a| The Matter of Mind presents studies drawn from a range of disciplines and examines the paintings of Nicolas Poussin, the drama of Pierre Corneille, and the theology of Blaise Pascal. Braider argues that if early modern thought converged on a single model, then it was the experimental picture based on everyday experience proposed by Descartes' sceptical adversary, Michel de Montaigne. Forceful and provocative, The Matter of Mind will encourage lively debate on the norms and discourses of seventeenth-century philosophy."--Publishers description.;

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The matter of mind reason and experience in the age of Descartes / Christopher Braider.

Author/creator	Braider, Christopher, 1950-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2012]
Description	xii, 340 pages, 4 pages unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Descartes, René, 1596-1650--Influence. French literature--17th century. --History and criticism. Experience in literature. Reason in literature. France--Intellectual life. --17th century.

Contents	Introduction. Experience and the matter of mind : dualism, classicism, and the myth of the modern subject in seventeenth-century France -- Front matter : placing Descartes's Meditations -- A state of mind : embodying the sovereign in Poussin's The judgment of Solomon -- The witch from Colchis : Corneille's Médée, Chimène's Le Cid, and the invention of classical genius -- Seeing is believing : image and Imaginaire in Molière's Sganarelle -- The ghost in the machine : reason, faith, and experience in Pascalian apologetics -- Des mots sans fin : meaning and the end(s) of history in Boileau's Satire XII, 'Sur l'equivoque'.
Abstract	"What influence did René Descartes' concept of mind-body dualism have on early modern conceptions of the self? In The Matter of Mind, Christopher Braider challenges the presumed centrality of Descartes' groundbreaking theory to seventeenth-century French culture. He details the broad opposition to rational self-government among Descartes' contemporaries, and attributes conventional links between Descartes and the myth of the 'modern subject' to post-structuralist assessments.
Abstract	The Matter of Mind presents studies drawn from a range of disciplines and examines the paintings of Nicolas Poussin, the drama of Pierre Corneille, and the theology of Blaise Pascal. Braider argues that if early modern thought converged on a single model, then it was the experimental picture based on everyday experience proposed by Descartes' sceptical adversary, Michel de Montaigne. Forceful and provocative, The Matter of Mind will encourage lively debate on the norms and discourses of seventeenth-century philosophy."--Publishers description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-321) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013557649
ISBN	9781442643482 (hbk.)
ISBN	144264348X (hbk.)

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