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Human Nature: The Mind-Body Problem (Ulric Nieminen)
PHIL2013: Rise of Modern Philosophy (Sem. 2, 2019)
(Status : Public)
Coordinated by Ulric Nieminen
  • Substantive References

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    Carter, J. W. (2019). Aristotle on earlier Greek psychology: The science of the soul. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

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    Descartes, R. (1989). Passions of the Soul (S. H. Voss, Trans.). Indianapolis, Indiana: Hackett Publishing.

    Descartes, R. (2008). Meditations on first philosophy: With selections from the objections and replies (M. Moriarty, Trans.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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    Frede, M. (1995). On Aristotle’s conception of the soul. In M. C. Nussbaum & A. O. Rorty (Eds.), Essays on Aristotle’s De Anima (93–108). Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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    Radner, D. (1971). Descartes’ notion of the union of mind and body. Journal of the History of Philosophy, 9(2): 159–170.

    Remnant, P. (1978). Descartes: Body and soul. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 9(3): 377–386.

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    Rotella, M., Gold, S. F., Andriani, L., Scharf, M. & Chenoweth, E. (2003). Review of ‘Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain’. Publishers Weekly, 250(3): 74.

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    Spinoza, B. (1883). The ethics (R. H. M. Elwes, Trans.). Retrieved from https://www.sacred-texts.com/phi/spinoza/ethics/index.htm

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    Yaqub, A. M. (2012). On the problem of the intellective soul in Aristotle. Analysis and Metaphysics, 11(1): 14–29.

  • Visual Material Only

    Alexander, I. (2016). Aristotelian soul. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aristotelian_Soul.png

    Dempsey-Jones, H. (2018). Neuroscientists put the dubious theory of ‘phrenology’ through rigorous testing for the first time. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/neuroscientists-put-the-dubious-theory-of-phrenology-through-rigorous-testing-for-the-first-time-88291

    Dutton, B. D. (n.d.). Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677). Retrieved from https://www.iep.utm.edu/spinoza/

    Hatfield, G. (2014). René Descartes. Retrieved from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/

    Marinoff, L. (2019). Thomas Hobbes: A grim portrait of human nature. Retrieved from https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/thomas-hobbes-footnotes-to-plato/

    Project Vox. (n.d.). Princess Elisabeth (1618–1680). Retrieved from https://projectvox.org/princess-elisabeth-1618-1680/

    Sack, H. (2018). Jacques de Vaucanson and his miraculous automata. Retrieved from http://scihi.org/jacques-de-vaucanson-automata/

    Wikimedia Commons. (2006). Inverted qualia of colour. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inverted_qualia_of_colour_strawberry.jpg

    Wikimedia Commons. (2007). Drawing from René Descartes' (1596-1650) in "Treatise of Man" supposing the function of the pineal gland. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Descartes_mind_and_body.gif

    Wikimedia Commons. (2008). A cortical neuron in conversation. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Cortical_Neuron_In_Conversation.jpg

    Wikimedia Commons. (2010). Chinese room. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2-chinese-room.jpg

    Wikimedia Commons. (2013). Ind ANG A-10 13/08/13 Red Flag Alaska. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ind_ANG_A-10_130813Red_Flag_Alaska_-_Eielson.jpg

    Wikimedia Commons. (2014). Diagram of the brain and nerves. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Descartes._Diagram_of_the_brain_and_nerves_Wellcome_L0017 000.jpg

    Wikimedia Commons. (2018). Double-sided herm of the philosopher Aristotle. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Double-sided_herm_of_the_philosopher_Aristotle,_Roman_copy_of_an_original_carved_about_325-300_BC,_Exhibition_Hadrian_and_Athens_Conversing_with_an_Ideal_World,_from_28th_November_2017,_ Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_(32118512128).jpg

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