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The Light of the Soul

Theories of Ideas in Leibniz, Malebranche, and Descartes
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The concept of an idea plays a central role in seventeenth-century theories of mind and knowledge. However, philosophers of the period were seriously divided over the nature of ideas. The Light of the Soul examines the important but neglected debate on this issue between Leibniz, Malebranche, and Descartes. In reaction to Descartes, Malebranche argues that ideas are not mental but abstract, logical entities. Leibniz in turn replies to Malebranche by reclaiming ideas for psychology. Nicholas Jolley explores the theological dimension of the debate by showing how the three philosophers make use of biblical and patristic teaching. The debate has important implications for such major issues in early modern philosophy as innate ideas, self-knowledge, scepticism, the mind-body problem, and the creation of the eternal truths. Jolley goes on to consider the relevance of the seventeenth-century controversy to modern discussions of the relation between logic and psychology.

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He is author of Leibniz and Locke: A Study of the New Essays on Human Understanding (Clarendon Press, 1984) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Leibniz (1995).
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October 8th, 1998
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  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
220
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139x216x13
ISBN-13
9780198238195
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2799436

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