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What Am I?: Descartes and the Mind-Body Problem
What Am I Descartes and the MindBody Problem
Author: Joseph Almog
In his Meditations, René Descartes asks, "what am I?" His initial answer is "a man." But he soon discards it: "But what is a man? Shall I say 'a rational animal'? No: for then I should inquire what an animal is, what rationality is, and in this way one question would lead down the slope to harder ones." Instead of understanding what ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195146462
ISBN-10: 0195146468
Publication Date: 12/27/2001
Pages: 160
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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