Die anthropologische Differenz: Der Geist der Tiere in der fruhen Neuzeit bei Montaigne, Descartes und Hume

by Markus Wild

Overview

The Anthropological Difference deals with theanimal mindin early modern philosophy and the problem of the anthropological difference between humans and animals. Starting from Montaigne’s defence of animal reason and proceeding via Descartes’ rejection of an animal soul to Hume’s naturalistic viewpoint of our mind, our occupation with animals is shown to be an occupation with ourselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110202878
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Series:	Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	330
File size:	1 MB
Language:	German

About the Author

Markus Wild, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.