How the French formal garden embodied both Cartesian philosophy and the political ideology of the French monarchy.

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How the French formal garden embodied both Cartesian philosophy and the political ideology of the French monarchy.

HoP 493 Better Nature: The French Garden

How philosophy at the universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.”

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How philosophy at the universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.”

HoP 492 Changing By Degrees: French Scholasticism

Arnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas.

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Arnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas.

HoP 491 Image Problems: Arnauld vs Malebranche on Ideas

What inspired the occasionalist theory embraced by the 17th century Cartesians? We find out from a leading specialist on the topic.

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What inspired the occasionalist theory embraced by the 17th century Cartesians? We find out from a leading specialist on the topic.

HoP 490 Steven Nadler on Occasionalism

What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action?

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What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action?

HoP 489 All Power to Him: Malebranche and Occasionalism

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