Michael Esfeld on Cartesianism - Dictionary of Arguments

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Cartesianism: (goes back to René Descartes) the thesis that we must distinguish between extended entities (bodies, matter, res extensa) and unextended entities (spirit, soul). See also Dualism. _____________ Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

> Esfeld, Michael	> Cartesianism	Michael Esfeld on Cartesianism - Dictionary of Arguments I 195 Cartesianism/Esfeld: Cartesianism is pro Descartes. Revised: one can create an epistemological relation to the world through spontaneity. Esfeld: spontaneity is our belief forming activity -> direct realism. >Realism, >R. Descartes, >World/thinking, >Theory of knowledge, >Reality. _____________ Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.	Es I M. Esfeld Holismus Frankfurt/M 2002

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