Passionate Descartes: A reinterpretation of the body's role in Cartesian thought

• Autores: Vicente Raga Rosaleny
• Localización: Manuscrito: revista internacional de filosofía, ISSN 0100-6045, Vol. 43, Nº. 2, 2020, págs. 54-94
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Abstract The usual reading of Descartes' “anthropological” perspective classifies it as a radical dualism with a distinction between two substances, mind and body, which experience major interaction difficulties. Through a contextualization of Descartes' physiological and psychological thought as well as through a less fragmented reading of his work, we intend to review this traditional interpretation, thereby showing its distorted character. When we pay attention to passion, a new Descartes’ image as a sort of phenomenal monism appears, which is markedly different from the legendary image typically associated with him, even today.