{"product_id":"the-matter-of-mind-christopher-braider-9781442643482","title":"The Matter of Mind: Reason and Experience in the Age of Descartes","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat influence did René Descartes' concept of mind-body dualism have on early modern conceptions of the self? In \u003cem\u003eThe Matter of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Christopher Braider challenges the presumed centrality of Descartes' groundbreaking theory to seventeenth-century French culture. He details the broad opposition to rational self-government among Descartes' contemporaries, and attributes conventional links between Descartes and the myth of the 'modern subject' to post-structuralist assessments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Matter of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e presents studies drawn from a range of disciplines and examines the paintings of Nicolas Poussin, the drama of Pierre Corneille, and the theology of Blaise Pascal. Braider argues that if early modern thought converged on a single model, then it was the experimental picture based on everyday experience proposed by Descartes' sceptical adversary, Michel de Montaigne. Forceful and provocative, \u003cem\u003eThe Matter of Mind \u003c\/em\u003ewill encourage lively debate on the norms and discourses of seventeenth-century philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Braider\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144264348X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442643482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Christopher Braider","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065597538559,"sku":"9781442643482","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f10fd8cd-9150-4e97-b3b5-0cd961f39f83.jpg?v=1768676030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-matter-of-mind-christopher-braider-9781442643482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}