Descartes – Uncommon Descent

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At Mind Matters News: How did Descartes come to make such a mess of dualism?

After Descartes started the idea that only minds have experiences, materialist philosophers dispensed with mind, then puzzled over how matter has experiences.

William J Murray Origenes said: In essence, the yardstick I use is my vision of what true understanding entails. The yardstick I use... – Is there such a thing as...
William J Murray KF said: And so forth if you are going down the microcosm rabbit hole You can't avoid the quantum physics... – Is there such a thing as...
William J Murray Jerry @183, The better thread to read is this one: https://uncommondescent.com/ethics/lfp44-what-are-self-evident-truths-sets-and-why-do-they-matter/ It clarifies into a question @ comment #99 that,... – Is there such a thing as...
zweston @CD & JVL... So you think transpiration and photosynthesis evolved? "it's just physics" Where did physics come from? I didn't... – At Evolution News and Science Today:...
kairosfocus Origenes, observe please the pivotal role of warrant. As has long since been highlighted. The perceptions, contemplations and opinions of... – Is there such a thing as...
chuckdarwin #13 Querius From the Biology Dictionary: Transpiration is used to describe the specific action of water evaporating from a plant,... – At Evolution News and Science Today:...
Origenes @40 JVL Perhaps reading post 9 by Gpuccio of the following thread is insightful https://uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/physicist-tells-people-to-stop-saying-they-have-free-will/ Excerpt: Gpuccio I absolutely believe... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
Querius Chuckdarwin, Trees get their water and nutrients by transpiration, not by story telling. That is first year botany. The last... – At Evolution News and Science Today:...
jerry Neither term is used with any frequency in the biological community A current book that addresses macro evolution but in... – At Evolution News and Science Today:...
jerry Should we be concerned at all, or should we just ignore it My main point is that this tendency has... – Useful reflections on the Cancel Culture...
Truth Will Set You Free Jerry@1: I'm wondering what your point is. Assuming that you are correct, how should we respond to the modern cancel... – Useful reflections on the Cancel Culture...
Origenes KF: .... self-conscious awareness is an inescapable truth for one in that position and so is necessarily and objectively —... – Is there such a thing as...
Blastus Zweston asks good questions. Rudyard Kipling published "Just so Stories for Little Children" in 1902. The Kipling stories are at... – At Evolution News and Science Today:...
Blastus Better a great mind, combined with a finely tuned bovine excrement detector, than an ordained high priest of biology. – At Evolution News and Science Today:...
Querius Still waiting . . . (crickets) – Reptiles evolved, de-evolved, re-evolved teeth
Querius Sandy @35, Once again, what did Jesus himself (not St. Athanasios the Great or John of Damascus) say about himself?... – Egnor vs. Dillahunty: 11. Is evil...
mohammadnursyamsu Everyone should have the same understanding that 1+1=2, and everyone should have the same understanding of subjectivity and objectivity also.... – Is there such a thing as...
chuckdarwin Let me quickly address "macroevolution". "Macroevolution" and "microevolution" were coined by a Russian entomologist, Yuri Filipchenko. in the 1920s. Neither... – At Evolution News and Science Today:...
chuckdarwin #5 Zweston Trees get their water and nutrients by transpiration, not by story telling. That is first year botany. https://www.pnas.org/content/101/50/17555... – At Evolution News and Science Today:...
JVL Origenes: We should consider the possibility that the physical laws are not-closed — as we now know wave functions can... – Rob Sheldon on the current trend...
johnnyb Seversky: Naturalism and Its Alternatives in Scientific Methodologies – Science writer asks: Why are medical...