Agency and Attention in Malebranche’s Theory of Cognition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23403862 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Brown (0000-0002-6249-2384), Deborah J Brown (0000-0001-5707-7605, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 217-233 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Emotion And Cognitive Life In Medieval And Early Modern Philosophy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579914.003.0012 |
| OpenAlex | W74610000 |
| ISBN | 9780199579914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
How is free thinking possible when so much of what we think is determined for us in advance, shaped through accident or intention by the association of ideas? The promise of the Cartesian will-a "blind" faculty standing above the flow of information and decreeing assent, dissent, or the suspension of judgment-can, in light of such considerations, seem part of the devilish plot. [extract]
Agency (philosophy) · Cartesian coordinate system · Cognition · Dissent · Epistemology · Geometry · Plot (graphics) · Political science · Statistics · Historical and Literary Studies · Law · Mathematics · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |