“The Answer a Philosopher Gives Determines the Entire Shape of his Metaphysics”: The Influence of Plato and Descartes on Rebecca Goldstein’s The Mind-Body Problem
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses November 27, 2019 Sánchez Canales, Gustavo
This article argues that Rebecca Goldstein's novel The Mind-Body Problem (1983) has been analyzed primarily through the lens of the protagonist's Orthodox Jewish background and the Holocaust's impact on her relationship with Noam, but has not been examined from a purely philosophical perspective. The author proposes to illuminate the protagonist's mind-body problem by focusing on references to René Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy and Plato's Republic, Book VII.