Article ID: CBB001450271

Cartesian Robotics (2013)

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This essay looks closely at René Descartes's physiological theory, and especially his theorization of the nerves and the brain as an information-processing system, in order to offer a new interpretation of cognition within his philosophy. Rather than opposing mind and body, Descartes showed how the operations of the soul interrupted the automatic cognitive processes of the body to provide adaptive flexibility for the human organism as a whole.

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Description On Descartes' physiological theory and the role and nature of the brain.


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Authors & Contributors
Baldassarri, Fabrizio
Allocca, Nunzio
Bitbol-Hespériès, Annie
Brandstetter, Thomas
Brody, Judit
Caps, Géraldine
Journals
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Azimuth
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Publishers
Springer
Concepts
Mechanism; mechanical philosophy
Philosophy
Physics
Philosophy of science
Physiology
Natural philosophy
People
Descartes, René
Perrault, Claude
Bacon, Francis, 1st Baron Verulam
Beeckman, Isaac
Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso
Boyle, Robert
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
Places
France
Europe
England
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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