“The Answer a Philosopher Gives Determines the Entire Shape of his Metaphysics”: The Influence of Plato and Descartes on Rebecca Goldstein’s The Mind-Body Problem

Authors

  • Gustavo Sánchez Canales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/raei.2012.25.27

Keywords:

Goldstein, Rebecca, The Mind-Body Problem, Plato, Descartes, René, Influence

Abstract

To date, Rebecca Goldstein’s The Mind-Body Problem (1983) has been mostly analysed from two points of view. On the one hand, the significance of Renee Feuer’s Orthodox Jewish background in addressing the/her mind-body problem; on the other, the implications of the Holocaust for Noam’s life and, therefore, for the Noam-Renee relationship. Surprisingly, this novel has not been studied from a purely philosophical perspective. For this reason, the present article attempts to shed some light on the protagonist’s mind-body problem by focusing on the references to René Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) and Plato’s Republic, Book VII.

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Published

15-11-2012

How to Cite

Sánchez Canales, Gustavo. 2012. “‘The Answer a Philosopher Gives Determines the Entire Shape of His Metaphysics’: The Influence of Plato and Descartes on Rebecca Goldstein’s The Mind-Body Problem”. Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina De Estudios Ingleses, no. 25 (November):401-12. https://doi.org/10.14198/raei.2012.25.27.