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In 1671, Jacques Rohault published his Traité de physique, a textbook on physics relying on his weekly conferences held in Paris. A good mathematician and at the same time a curious experimenter, Rohault was one of the main Cartesian... more
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      Philosophy of ScienceHistory of ScienceCartesianismNewtonianism
This volume explores the relationship between physics and metaphysics in Descartes' philosophy. According to the standard account, Descartes modified the objects of metaphysics and physics and inverted the order in which these two... more
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      PhysicsMetaphysics17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyReception Studies
A collection of fifty essays on Descartes and his influence in the seventeenth century. The first section is devoted to various aspects of Descartes’s philosophy (biography, epistemology, metaphysics, natural philosophy (science),... more
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      Intellectual HistoryPhysiologyMetaphysics17th Century & Early Modern Philosophy
The history of philosophy hesitates between two conceptions of contemporary relevance of classical authors: sometimes it depreciate their historicity in the name of a Philosophia Perrenis ; Sometimes it enhances the contemporary... more
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      Intellectual HistoryCultural HistoryCultural StudiesAnthropology
Livre en cours de rédaction sur les Méditations métaphysiques de René Descartes, publiées en latin en 1641 puis en français, dans la traduction du Duc de Luynes en 1644. Où il est question de prouver, ou conduire rationnellement le... more
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      PhilosophyMetaphysicsPhilosophy of MindPhilosophy of Science
This article challenges the common assumption that Jean-Robert Chouet was the first to introduce Cartesianism into a Huguenot academy during his tenure at Saumur from 1664 to 1669. It notes how Chouet himself, in a manuscript currently... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyCartesianismHistory of CartesianismHistory of Philosophy
Quando, nel 1692, Johannes de Raey pubblica la sua ultima opera (morirà dieci anni, dopo, ottantenne), sceglie di chiuderla con due lettere. La prima, datata 1680, è rivolta a Christoph Wittich, suo amico di lunga data, all'epoca... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern Philosophy17th-Century StudiesCartesianismEarly Modern Intellectual History
Descartes is identified as a defender of the pure idea, especially in contrast to Hobbes. The objective of my contribution is to discuss this historiographical cliché by combining an internalist approach to the Cartesian corpus (the... more
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      Reception StudiesHistory of IdeasReception TheoryIdealism
Online version: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09608788.2016.1192021 The definition of love given by Descartes in the Passions of the Soul (art. 79–84) has never stopped puzzling commentators. If the first Cartesian... more
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      Medieval Philosophy17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyHistory Of EmotionsAquinas
Que l'esprit soit peut-être encore là pour hanter les lieux théoriques les plus réductionnistes dont on pensait l'avoir triomphalement chassé, n'est ni sans paradoxe, ni sans intérêt, pour repenser l' actualité d'un « Classique » comme... more
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      Philosophy of MindAnalytic PhilosophyHistory of IdeasEmbodiment
Mangrove lors de sa marche en « ba fey 1 ». S'il vous est possible d'entrer dans la visée de ce prolégomène, alors ne soyez pas surpris de vous trouver sur le trajet anthropo-ethno-sociologique de Moi-Mangrove dans son contexte dynamique... more
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      Edgar MorinMangrovesMichel MaffesoliInitiation Rituals
L’Impie convaincu ou Dissertation contre Spinoza, opera del 1684 qui ripubblicata con introduzione e note, rappresentò uno dei più audaci tentativi di saldare esplicitamente il pensiero di Cartesio e quello di Spinoza, in un momento in... more
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      CartesianismBaruch SpinozaMalebrancheSocinianism
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyHobbesCartesianismThomas Hobbes
Si la pensée est universelle, nous ne pouvons toutefois pas nier la spécificité des modalités de pensées. Les études réunies dans cet ouvrage apparaissent ainsi comme une occasion d'interroger et de dégager les différentes modalités... more
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      MetaphysicsEpistemologyLogicMoral Philosophy
Although Descartes has often been portrayed as the father of the modern concept of mind, his approach to consciousness is notoriously problematic. What makes it particularly hard to assess his role in the development of the theories of... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyConsciousnessCartesianismIntentionality
Descartes’ treatise on man and its reception Fabrizio Baldassarri To cite this article: Fabrizio Baldassarri (2018): Descartes’ treatise on man and its reception, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, DOI:... more
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      PhysiologyHuman PhysiologyMetaphysics17th Century & Early Modern Philosophy
Cet ouvrage a été publié avec le soutien financier de la Région Rhônes-Alpes, du Centre d'études en rhétorique, philosophie et histoire des idées et de l'ANR « Anthropos » Éléments de catalogage avant publication Qu'est-ce qu'être... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyCartesianismDutch Cartesianism17th Century Dutch Republic
“Hyperbolic Skepticism: Tanabe Hajime’s Response to Cartesian Metaphysics,” in <i>Fortune de la philosophie cartésienne au Japon</i>. Edited by Pierre Bonneels and Jaime Derrenne, 72–90. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2017.
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      Japanese StudiesComparative PhilosophyJapanese PhilosophyJapanese Language And Culture
The standard philosophy agenda is set up so as to disallow genuine dialogue with the African traditional thought-world. What characterizes contemporary global culture dominated by technology is a kind of autism, a loss of a... more
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      African PhilosophyThomas AquinasTeaching PhilosophyCartésianismes Et Leurs Réceptions
La philosophie cartésienne dépasse largement les limites de la philosophie européenne. En tenant compte de la scène scientifique brésilienne, l’objectif de ce colloque est de stimuler le débat sur les interprétations philosophiques du... more
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      MetaphysicsEpistemologyLogicMoral Philosophy
La philosophie cartésienne dépasse largement les limites de la philosophie européenne. En tenant compte de la scène scientifique brésilienne, l’objectif de ce colloque est de stimuler le débat sur les interprétations philosophiques du... more
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      PhilosophyLogicDescartesBrésil
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      PhysiologyMetaphysics17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyHistory of Ideas
Cosa vuol dire definirsi cartesiani, nel paese in cui Descartes ha scelto di vivere e in cui il suo pensiero si è più rapidamente diffuso, arrivando ad insediarsi perfino nelle Università e suscitando polemiche che, per intensità e... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyCartesianism17th Century Dutch RepublicHistory of Cartesianism
Although Descartes' ideas on consciousness and memory have been widely studied, few attempts have been made to address their systemic relationships. To take a step in this direction, I argue for three interdependent theses. (1)... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyMemory (Cognitive Psychology)Consciousness (Psychology)Metaphysics of Consciousness
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyCartesianismEarly Modern PhilosophyMalebranche
The standard philosophy agenda is set up so as to disallow genuine dialogue with the African traditional thought-world. What characterizes contemporary global culture dominated by technology is a kind of autism, a loss of a... more
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      African PhilosophyThomas AquinasTeaching PhilosophyCartésianismes Et Leurs Réceptions
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      PhilosophyMetaphysics17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyContinental Philosophy
Resumo: Em seus três tratados feministas publicados entre 1673 e 1675, Poulain de la Barre critica a situação das mulheres na sociedade seiscentista, adotando uma posição de defesa da igualdade dos sexos. O presente artigo busca analisar... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyCartesianismEarly Modern Intellectual HistoryCartésianismes Et Leurs Réceptions
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      CartesianismBaruch SpinozaDutch CartesianismChristian Heresies
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyHistory of Ideas17th-Century StudiesCartesianism
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      History of IdeasCartesianismBaruch SpinozaGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Although Descartes&amp;#39; ideas on consciousness and memory have been widely studied, few attempts have been made to address their systemic relationships. To take a step in this direction, I argue for three interdependent theses. (1)... more
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      PhilosophyConsciousness (Psychology)Metaphysics of ConsciousnessSelf Consciousness
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      MetaphysicsEpistemologyLogicMoral Philosophy
Nous suivrons ici le chemin de Diderot vers un matérialisme — celui d’un sceptique — qui, de ses toutes premières œuvres jusqu'aux *Pensées philosophiques* et à la *Lettre sur les Aveugles*, se situe relativement au combat désespéré de... more
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      DIDEROTSpontaneous generationMaterialismeLucrece
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      EmpiricismReception StudiesHistory of IdeasHistoriography
Malebranche est sans doute, à l’âge classique, l’auteur le plus critique à l’égard de l’imagination. En plus d’être, comme le soutient Pascal, « maîtresse d’erreur et de fausseté », l’imagination désigne en effet chez lui la « folle du... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyHistory of NeuroscienceCartesianismHistory Of Psychology
Résumé. L’histoire de la philosophie est généralement identifiée à une étude internaliste et contextualiste des textes philosophiques. Parfois, on y inclut l’historiographie. C’est alors un premier pas pour comprendre que plusieurs... more
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      EmpiricismReception StudiesHistory of IdeasHistoriography
Cet ouvrage contribue au vaste domaine d’études qu’est l’histoire du cartésianisme. Analysant une pensée qui reste vivante à cause de sa capacité de se réfracter sous des aspects inattendus, il explore des sujets qui se situent à... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyReception StudiesHistory of IdeasRené Descartes
Descartes and Early French Cartesianism: between metaphysics and physics, Zeta Books, Foundations of Modern Thought series, 2017. René Descartes is famous for his metaphysical foundation of his philosophical system. The image of the... more
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyHistory of ScienceSeventeenth CenturyRené Descartes
Encyclopaedia entry on Jacques Rohault for the Cambridge Descartes Lexicon (ed. Lawrence Nolan), Cambridge University Press, 2016: 657-659.
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophySeventeenth CenturyRené DescartesCartesianism
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyBaruch SpinozaSpinozaDescartes
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyReception StudiesHistory of IdeasEarly Modern History
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      Intellectual HistoryPhysiologyHistory of IdeasMaterialism
Fin 2012, des professeurs et chercheurs issus de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) ont décidé d’unir leurs efforts et leurs recherches sur la philosophie du 17ème siècle en créant le Groupe Belge Francophone d’Etudes Cartésiennes... more
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      Baruch SpinozaGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizDescartesMalebranche
conceptual history, new science, new philosophy, Descartes, Gassendi, Bacon, empiricism, nature, natural philosophy, ethics, rhetoric, Mediterranean studies, transatlantic studies, history of science, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Portugual,... more
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      Latin American StudiesPhilosophy of ScienceEmpiricismRhetoric
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyCartesianismDescartes, RenéHistory of Cartesianism
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      17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyCartesianismMalebrancheHistory of Cartesianism
La philosophie cartésienne dépasse largement les limites de la philosophie européenne. En tenant compte de la scène scientifique brésilienne, l’objectif de ce colloque est de stimuler le débat sur les interprétations philosophiques du... more
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      MetaphysicsEpistemologyLogicMoral Philosophy
Treatise on Man, or L’homme, is one of Descartes’s most challenging texts. The work appeared posthumously first in 1662 in a Latin translation by Florentius Schuyl; it was revised in 1664, and then in that same year it appeared in an... more
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      Anthropology17th Century & Early Modern PhilosophyReception StudiesHistory of Ideas
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      CartesianismBaruch SpinozaSpinozismAnti-Cartesianism