Descartes's Dualism Author:Marleen Rozemond Descartes, an acknowledged founder of modern philosophy, is identified particularly with mind-body dualism—the view that the mind is an incorporeal entity. But this view was not entirely original with Descartes, and in fact to a significant extent it was widely accepted by the Aristotelian scholastics who preceded him, although... more » they entertained a different conception of the nature of mind, body, and the relationship between them. In her first book, Marleen Rozemond explicates Descartes's aim to provide a metaphysics that would accommodate mechanistic science and supplant scholasticism. "[Descartes's Dualism is] a thorough and careful study of Descartes's account of the mind/soul." —Stephen Gaukroger, Times Literary Supplement "Marvellously erudite, patient, and insightful." —Anthony Kenny, Ratio "[Descartes's Dualism] is a brilliant book … Among the many books on Descartes, this one ranks with a mere handful in terms of the highest worth." —M. A. Bertman, Choice "One might have thought that after 350 years of intensive discussion of Descartes's writings there would be little new to say about central doctrines of Cartesian metaphysics. No so. Marleen Rozemond has written a book full of ideas that are not only original but convincing." —Tom Vinci, International Studies in Philosophy« less