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Aristotle's De anima shaped philosophical debates far beyond the Middle Ages and gave rise to a number of theories about the nature of the soul, its various functions and its relation to the body. The ten contributions to this book, a special issue of the journal Vivarium, examine some of these theories in the period between Albertus Magnus and Descartes. They pay particular attention to the question of how the metaphysical status of the soul and its parts was explained, and analyze Aristotelian accounts of cognitive activities such as perceiving, imagining and thinking. The ten case studies focus both on defenders of the Aristotelian paradigm and on its critics, arguing that one should not look for a moment of break with Aristotelianism, but for various stages of transformation.

Âme --- Albert le Grand (saint ; 1200?-1280) --- Duns Scotus, Johannes (1265-1308) --- Guillaume d'Ockham (1285?-1347) --- Jean de Jandun --- Valla, Lorenzo (1407-1457) --- Scaliger, Jules César (1484-1558) --- Cardano, Gerolamo (1501-1576) --- Descartes, René (1596-1650) --- Cureau de La Chambre, Marin (1594-1669) --- Âme --- Histoire --- 13e-17e siècle --- Albert le Grand (saint ; 1200?-1280) --- Contribution au concept d'âme --- Duns Scotus, Johannes (1265-1308) --- Contribution au concept d'âme --- Guillaume d'Ockham (1285?-1347) --- Contribution au concept d'âme --- Jean de Jandun --- Contribution au concept d'âme Philo-L. --- Valla, Lorenzo (1407-1457) --- Contribution au concept d'âme Philo-L. --- Scaliger, Jules César (1484-1558) --- Contribution au concept d'âme --- Cardano, Gerolamo (1501-1576) --- Contribution au concept d'âme --- Descartes, René (1596-1650) --- Contribution au concept d'âme --- Cureau de La Chambre, Marin (1594-1669) --- Contribution au concept d'âme

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When French philosopher Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) set forth his opposition to Descartes' view that mind is better known than body, he touched off a controversy that had prominent fellow Cartesians accusing him of both failed logic and dubious theology. Malebranche responded by asserting that his negative thesis concerning our knowledge of mind derived from his superior grasp of Cartesian theory and signalled neither a rejection of Descartes' philosophical system nor a denial of properties of the soul such as spirituality, immortality, and freedom. The current resurgence of interest in Malebranche's work has led to a greater understanding of his account of ideas, his notorious doctrine of "the Vision of all things in God," but has left unexplored crucial aspects of his theory of the soul and the precise nature of its Cartesianism. This vital new book confronts these matters directly, arguing provocatively that Malebranche was correct in claiming a Cartesian foundation for his theory and demonstrating the value to Cartesian studies of Malebranche's uniquely internal critique of Descartes' account of body and mind.

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