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HoP 479 Gideon Manning on Cartesian Medicine

2.11.2025

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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An interview exploring Descartes' interest in medicine, how his medical ideas relate to his dualism, and his influence on medical science.

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An interview exploring Descartes' interest in medicine, how his medical ideas relate to his dualism, and his influence on medical science.
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HoP 479 Gideon Manning on Cartesian Medicine

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Weitere Episoden von „History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps“

HoP 480 Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism

HoP 479 Gideon Manning on Cartesian Medicine

HoP 478 This Gland Is Your Gland: Cartesian Science

HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender

HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians

HoP 475 Ariane Schneck on Elisabeth and Descartes

HoP 474 States of the Union: Descartes on the Passions

HoP 473 As Rational As You: Elisabeth of Bohemia

HoP 472 Less Cheer, More Knowledge: Descartes’ Ethics

HoP 471 Unclear and Indistinct Ideas: Debating the Meditations