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| Title |
Where Descartes got it right: the implications for science, biomedicine, and public health
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| Published in |
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1590/0102-311x00158215 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
André Luis de Oliveira Mendonça, Kenneth Rochel de Camargo |
| Abstract |
The "received view" of Descartes has shaped the image of a dualist thinker who radically separated mind and body and thus laid the foundations for a "divided modernity". Numerous epithets have been applied to Cartesian thinking, all of which now sound depreciative: mechanicism, determinism, and reductionism, among others. This article contends that Descartes was not the type of dualist that is normally assumed. Based on a rereading of two essential works (Discourse on Method and Metaphysical Meditations) and a dialogue with the new literature on the theme, we contend that overcoming the "received view" of Descartes can shed new light on discussions in (and of) the collective health field and highlight the so-called expanded health paradigm (including aspects beyond the biological or physiological, such as the psychological, social, economic, cultural, and political). |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 11 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 11 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 9% |
| Professor | 1 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 9% |
| Psychology | 1 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 9% |
| Other | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 May 2016.
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#15,981,393
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#890
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#193,912
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#20
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