SOURCE: "Descartes," in The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science: A Historical and Critical Essay, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1925, pp. 96–116.
In the following essay, Burtt examines Descartes' mathematical conception of nature and his motives for proposing a mind-body dualism.
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