more on this theme | more from this thinker | more from this text
Full Idea
It is Descartes who ratifies the idea that nature is devoid of thought.
Gist of Idea
Nature is devoid of thought
Source
report of René Descartes (works [1643]) by Quentin Meillassoux - After Finitude; the necessity of contingency 5
Book Ref
Meillassoux: 'After Finitude: the necessity of contingency', ed/tr. Brassier,R [Bloomsbury 2008], p.124
A Reaction
His dualism is crucial, along with his ontological argument, because they make all mentality supernatural. Remember, for Descartes animals are mindless machines.