What Am I?: Descartes and the Mind-Body Problem
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In his Meditations, Ren Descartes asks, "what am I?" His initial answer is "a man." But he soon discards it: "But what is a man? Shall I say 'a rational animal'? No: for then I should inquire what an animal is, what rationality is, and in this way one question would lead down the slope to harder ones." Instead of understanding what a man is, Descartes shifts to two new questions: "What is Mind?" and "What is Body?" These questions develop into Descartes's...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195177193
ISBN13:9780195177190
Release Date:April 2005
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"
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