Opening book details…
Can I read Spectator in the Cartesian Theater : Where Theories of Mind Went Wrong Since Descartes on EtoBox?
Spectator in the Cartesian Theater : Where Theories of Mind Went Wrong Since Descartes by Peter Slezak is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Spectator in the Cartesian Theater : Where Theories of Mind Went Wrong Since Descartes about?
<p>The “Cartesian Theater” is Dennett’s famous metaphor for the idea that a homunculus or “little man” watches the screen on which our thoughts appear. However, contrary to much academic teaching and scholarship, Spectator in the Cartesian Theater: Where Theories of Mind Went Wrong since Descartes shows that Descartes was not guilty of this fallacy for which he has been blamed. In his physiological writings neglected by philosophers, Descartes explained that the pseudo-explanation arises not fro
Who reads Spectator in the Cartesian Theater : Where Theories of Mind Went Wrong Since Descartes?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Peter Slezak
- Publisher
- Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781666923766
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Psychology, Mind & Body, Language
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
More by Peter Slezak
Browse all works by Peter Slezak
Similar books
- The Mind-Body Stage : Passion and Interaction in the Cartesian Theater — R. Darren Gobert (2013)
- Where Physics Went Wrong — Bernard Lavenda, University of Camerino, Italy (2015)
- Descartes and Medicine: Problems, Responses and Survival of a Cartesian Discipline — Fabrizio Baldassarri (2023)
- Descartes and the Resilience of Rhetoric : Varieties of Cartesian Rhetorical Theory — Thomas M. Carr, Jr (1990)
- Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong (Oxford Cognitive Science Series) — Jerry A. Fodor (1998)
- Spinoza's Radical Cartesian Mind (Continuum Studies in Philosophy, 8) — Tammy Nyden-Bullock (2007)