Cartesian Other — The Cartesian Other is the counterpart to the Cartesian Self. According to Descartes, there is a divide intrinsic to human consciousness, such that you cannot ever bridge the space between your own consciousness and that of another.This other is… … Wikipedia
Cartesian skepticism — refers to the method of reasoned skepticism employed by the 17th Century Philosopher René Descartes. Frequently referred to as Methodological Skepticism or Methodological Doubt, this concept forms an important component of Descartes… … Wikipedia
Self-awareness — is the concept that one exists as an individual, separate from other people, with private thoughts. It may also include the understanding that other people are similarly self aware.Self consciousness is credited only with the development of… … Wikipedia
Cartesian anxiety — refers to the notion that, ever since René Descartes promulgated his highly influential form of body mind dualism, Western civilization has suffered from a longing for ontological certainty, or feeling that scientific methods, and especially the… … Wikipedia
Cartesian theater — The Cartesian theater is a derisive term coined by philosopher Daniel Dennett to pointedly refer to the defining aspect of Cartesian materialism, which he considers to be the often unacknowledged remnants of Cartesian dualism in modern… … Wikipedia
Cartesian linguistics — Noam Chomsky s Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought , published in 1966, has the purpose of deepening our understanding of the nature of language and the mental processes and structures that underlies its use and … Wikipedia
Cartesian circle — The Cartesian circle is a mistake in reasoning attributed to René Descartes.Descartes argues ndash; for example, in the third of his Meditations on First Philosophy ndash; that whatever one clearly and distinctly perceives is true: I now seem to… … Wikipedia
Cartesian ego — The self conceived as Descartes presents it in the first two Meditations : aware only of its own thoughts, and capable of disembodied existence, neither situated in a space nor surrounded by others. This is the pure self or ‘I’ that we are… … Philosophy dictionary
Cartesian dualism — The view that mind and body are two separate substances; the self is as it happens associated with a particular body, but is self subsistent, and capable of independent existence … Philosophy dictionary
self — The elusive ‘I’ that shows an alarming tendency to disappear when we try to introspect it. See bundle theory of the mind or self, Cartesian dualism, personal identity … Philosophy dictionary
