Tag: Descartes

Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia's own experience with chronic illness exposed the gaps in Descartes' mind-body dualism — showing him, and us, how little ground for optimism his notion of reason's autonomy really offers.

A recap of the ground covered in the Feminist Romp Through the History of Philosophy — from Plato and Aristotle through Descartes, Hegel, Merleau-Ponty, and Beauvoir — plus an invitation to join the Fall cohort.