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- catalog abstract ""Although the basis of modern biology is Cartesian, Descartes' theories of biology have been more often ridiculed than studied. Yet, Dennis Des Chene demonstrates, the themes, arguments, and vocabulary of his mechanistic biology pervade the writings of many seventeenth-century authors. In his illuminating account of Cartesian physiology in its historical context, Des Chene focuses on the philosopher's innovative reworking of that field, including the nature of life, the problem of generation, and the concepts of health and illness." "Spirits and Clocks continues Des Chene's exploration - begun in his previous book, Life's Form - of the scholastic and Cartesian sciences as well as the dialogue between these two worldviews."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Spirits & clocks".
- catalog contributor b11952764.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""Although the basis of modern biology is Cartesian, Descartes' theories of biology have been more often ridiculed than studied. Yet, Dennis Des Chene demonstrates, the themes, arguments, and vocabulary of his mechanistic biology pervade the writings of many seventeenth-century authors. In his illuminating account of Cartesian physiology in its historical context, Des Chene focuses on the philosopher's innovative reworking of that field, including the nature of life, the problem of generation, and the concepts of health and illness." "Spirits and Clocks continues Des Chene's exploration - begun in his previous book, Life's Form - of the scholastic and Cartesian sciences as well as the dialogue between these two worldviews."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-175) and index.".
- catalog description "Tales of the Bete-Machine -- Self-Movers -- Cycles -- The feu sans lumiere -- Where Do Machines Come From? -- The First Circle -- The Nervous System -- Flows and Resistances, Fluids and Solids -- Descartes' Tasks -- The Uses of Usus -- Naming of Parts -- The Assumption of Normality -- Machines, Mechanisms, Bodies, Organs -- Tools of Knowledge -- The Analysis of Capacities -- Instrument and Organ -- Artifacts -- Jeux d'artifice -- Simulation, Illusion, and Questions of Method -- The Double Twist -- The Scope of Intention -- Unity of the Body -- Against Ends -- Physical Unity -- Dispositional Unity -- Functional and Intentional Unity -- Substantial Unity -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 181 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0801437644 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog subject "2001 I-446".
- catalog subject "571/.01 21".
- catalog subject "Descartes, René, 1596-1650 Knowledge Physiology.".
- catalog subject "Descartes, René, 1596-1650.".
- catalog subject "Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Physiology Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Physiology.".
- catalog subject "QP21 .D378 2001".
- catalog subject "QT 104 D441s 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Tales of the Bete-Machine -- Self-Movers -- Cycles -- The feu sans lumiere -- Where Do Machines Come From? -- The First Circle -- The Nervous System -- Flows and Resistances, Fluids and Solids -- Descartes' Tasks -- The Uses of Usus -- Naming of Parts -- The Assumption of Normality -- Machines, Mechanisms, Bodies, Organs -- Tools of Knowledge -- The Analysis of Capacities -- Instrument and Organ -- Artifacts -- Jeux d'artifice -- Simulation, Illusion, and Questions of Method -- The Double Twist -- The Scope of Intention -- Unity of the Body -- Against Ends -- Physical Unity -- Dispositional Unity -- Functional and Intentional Unity -- Substantial Unity -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources.".
- catalog title "Spirits & clocks".
- catalog title "Spirits and clocks : machine and organism in Descartes / Dennis Des Chene.".
- catalog type "text".