Re-Humanizing Descartes

Philosophic Exchange 41 (1) (2011)
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Descartes’ mind-body dualism and his quest for objective knowledge can appear de-humanizing. My aim in this paper is to re-humanize Descartes. When we take a closer look at what Descartes actually says about human beings, it casts his entire thought in a much different light.

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Alison Simmons
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