Philosopher

Anne Conway (philosopher)

Overview

Anne Conway (also known as Viscountess Conway; née Finch; 14 December 1631 – 23 February 1679) was an English philosopher of the seventeenth century, whose work was in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists. Conway's thought is a deeply original form of rationalist philosophy. Conway rejected Cartesian substance dualism and instead, argued that nature is constituted by one substance. Against the mechanists, she argued that matter is not passive, but has self-motion, perception, and life.

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Ideas Anne Conway (philosopher) discusses

• Mind–body problem
• Greek language
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• Cartesianism
• Hebrew language
• Philosophy
• Western philosophy
• Hugh Trevor-Roper
• Smallpox
• Mind–body dualism
• Latin
• London
• Metaphysics
• Monism
• Intellectual
• British philosophy
• René Descartes
• Theology
• Age of Enlightenment
• Henry More
• 17th century in philosophy
• Robert Boyle
• Creationism
• Rationalism

Place in the tradition

Part of British philosophy.

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