Descartes and his critics on passions and animals.

Descartes' theory of the passions has important connections to his view that nonhuman animals are automata. In this paper, I show how critics of animal automatism exploited these connections. I interpret a criticism of animal automatism developed by Gabriel Daniel (1649–1728). Daniel argues that ani...

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Published in:British Journal for the History of Philosophy Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 773 - 797
Main Author: Thomas, Evan
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2022
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