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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. | |||
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Anita Avramides on Cartesianism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 107 ff Cartesianism/Asymmetry/Avramidis: the Cartesianism is an older tradition of deep epistemic asymmetry. >Terminology/Avramides. Mental objects are only accessible through first-person perspective. >First Person, >Priviledged acces. Other minds are only guessable through behavior. >Other minds. Then there is no superficial epistemic asymmetry. Important argument: ontological symmetry: the mental and the material are on the same level. >Levels/Order. This thesis is ot obliged to physicalism. >Physicalism. Variant of Cartesianism: one might even say the God standpoint could not recognize the intangible substance. Deep epistemic asymmetry/Avramides: if we could recognize the intangible substance, we could recognize foreign intentions without language. Cartesianism/Avramides: here: variant with divine access to the intangible. Cartesianism/Avramides:is not reductive! >Reduction, >Reductionism. I 110 AvramidesVsCartesianism: It is a mistake to proceed without observing behavior. >Behavior, >Understanding._____________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. |
Avr I A. Avramides Meaning and Mind Boston 1989 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-20