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Demistificarea conştiinţei: critica lui Daniel Dennett împotriva materialismului cartezian
Demystifying Consciousness: Daniel Dennett's criticism against Cartesian Materialism

Author(s): Irina-Gabriela Buda
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: consciousness; mind body problem; Cartesian materialism

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper1 is to offer a short analysis of one of the most determined attitudes in the field of the contemporary philosophy of mind concerning the Cartesian inheritance from the perspective of the the mind‐body problem. It focuses on Daniel Dennett’s position against the implicitly persistent vision of ‐ what the author calls ‐ the Cartesian materialism in most of the explanations regarding the way consciousness is generated.

  • Issue Year: III/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-92
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian
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