: In the beginning, there was dualism. Descartes famously posited two kinds of substance, non-physical mind and material body. Leibniz differentiated mental and physical realms. But dualism faced a challenge—explaining how mind and body interact. We now know, of course, that mind and brain ...
Consider Camp’s (2009) approach to concepts. Camp compares the notion traditionally employed by philosophers from at least Descartes on, which assumes a strong connection to linguistic capabilities, with psychologists’ usage of the word, which is far more permissive. The latter notion, in particul...
Subjective is used by William of Occam to denote that which exists independent of mind; objective, what is formed by the mind. This shows what is meant by realitas objectiva in Descartes. Kant and Fichte have inverted the meanings. Subject, with them, is the mind which knows; object, that...
Descartes was lying in bed (as mathematicians and philosophers are wont to do) when he noticed a fly buzzing around his room. He realized that he could describe the fly’s position in the room’s three-dimensional space using just three numbers, represented by the variables X, Y and Z. ...
to the the first labeling of imaginary by Descartes. The book explains some of their applications such as the Zhukovsky transformation (very much used in aerodynamics), the art of Escher and goes into the Riemann hypothesis. The book doesn’t spare mathematical expressions thus it is not ...
(one of the characters constantly quotes from Shakespeare, Descartes, the Bible, Dante—you name it). The book also never shies away from some rather heavy themes, exploring spirituality, moral responsibility, and individuality. While it’s not overly thought-provoking, the messages are strong ...
Whenever anyone has offended me, Itry to raise my soulso high that the offense cannot reach it. —Rene Descartes People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense. —John Wesley People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly ...
: In the beginning, there was dualism. Descartes famously posited two kinds of substance, non-physical mind and material body. Leibniz differentiated mental and physical realms. But dualism faced a challenge—explaining how mind and body interact. We now know, of course, that mind and brain ...