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Re: My response to Cartesian dualism » smokeymadison

Posted by alexandra_k on January 30, 2005, at 1:23:44

In reply to Re: My response to Cartesian dualism, posted by smokeymadison on January 30, 2005, at 0:34:55

Oh wow, that was great Smokey :-)
I especially liked these bits:

> The cogito project
> Descartes’ plump and spoiled brat
> Has projected our minds farther
> Than our bodies may follow

That is good. He does indeed end up with a disembodied 'I' with no substance.

> We forget the angel
> And become orphans of the earth
> We forget the animal
> And become gods of its domain

> As the exile mourns
> The loss of the homeland
> So the soul longs
> For the mind to remember

I liked those bits very much.
In philosophy of mind the soul just is the mind.
But maybe there are problems with identity there too... hmm... i never thought of that.


You know I have dumped the seminar I put up here earlier in response to some of the things you said. I have started again. I think it is much better for it. I explain exactly what is meant by 'anomalous experience' the first time I use the term. I have tried to make it more readable and story like.

Thanks so much for all your feedback on that.
I am sorry I can't help you with HTML.
I am sort of thinking of trying to learn.
My office mate is giving me a hand.
I'd like to make a homepage.

 

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