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Substance and Action in Descartes and Newton (2010)

Monist: An International Quarterly Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry
Volume: 93
Pages: 657--677
Publication date: 2010
Language: English

Publication Date: 2010
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Philosophical History of Science”

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Philosophy of science Vacuum; emptiness; nothingness Matter theory Dualism Physics Motion (physical) Mechanism; mechanical philosophy Mechanics Forces Science and religion 17th century Newton, Isaac Descartes, René

The article discusses the action and substance in the philosophical ideas of philosophers Rene Descartes and Isaac Newton. Descartes believes that the essence of God exists in extension, but is not essentially extended. Newton argues that canonical Cartesian dualism is burdened with the claim that the mind is nowhere and that dualism is opaque as the mind cannot be present to the body if not extended. However, both agree that the substance of God is omnipresent.

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Article Guicciardini, Niccolò (2010) Introduction. Monist: An International Quarterly Journal of General Philosophical Inquiry (p. 495). unapi

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