Le Rêve de d’Alembert
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Le Rêve de d’Alembert is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that explores materialism, consciousness, and the nature of life through an imagined dream of the mathematician Jean le Rond d’Alembert.
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literary work
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philosophical dialogue → |
| author |
Denis Diderot
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| countryOfOrigin |
France
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| exploresConcept |
continuity between animal and human life
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critique of dualism → emergence of consciousness from matter → material unity of living and non-living matter → role of sensation in knowledge → |
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Denis Diderot
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Doctor Bordeu → Julie de Lespinasse → |
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dialogue
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| genre |
Enlightenment literature
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philosophy → |
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D’Alembert’s Dream
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| language |
French
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| mainCharacter |
Jean le Rond d’Alembert
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| movement |
French Enlightenment
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| period |
18th century
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| philosophicalPosition |
defense of a materialist conception of life
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rejection of immaterial soul → |
| philosophicalSchool |
materialism
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| philosophicalTheme |
biology and physiology
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consciousness → determinism → mind–body problem → nature of life → sensibility of matter → |
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D’Alembert’s Dream
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| setting |
an imagined dream of Jean le Rond d’Alembert
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Le Rêve de d’Alembert
("D’Alembert’s Dream")
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Denis Diderot
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Le Rêve de d’Alembert
("D’Alembert’s Dream")
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relatedWork |