HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians

HoP 476 What He Should Have Said: the Early Cartesians

Author: Peter Adamson September 21, 2025 Duration: 26:07
Early Cartesians including Cordemoy and de La Forge develop but also challenge Descartes’ ideas, defending atomism and occasionalism.

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