{"product_id":"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Matter of Mind\u003c\/i\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\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Matter of Mind\u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eThe Matter of Mind \u003c\/i\u003ewill encourage lively debate on the norms and discourses of seventeenth-century philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015187677424,"sku":"9781442643482","price":82.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442643482_p0.jpg?v=1763814756","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442643482","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}