What Am I?: Descartes and the Mind-Body Problem

by Joseph Almog

Book Overview

In his Meditations, Ren Descartes asks, "what am I?" His initial answer is "a man." But he soon discards it: "But what is a man? Shall I say 'a rational animal'? No: for then I should inquire what an animal is, what rationality is, and in this way one question would lead down the slope to harder ones." Instead of understanding what a man is, Descartes shifts to two new questions: "What is Mind?" and "What is Body?" These questions develop into Descartes's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195177193
• ISBN13: 9780195177190
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"