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Originally Posted by theapportioner
Brandon, doesn't it strike you that he is embracing a kind of Cartesianism with that conception of reason? No self respecting philosopher these days would take the 'ghost in the machine' idea seriously.
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I don't even think OAO knows what the hell ideas he's embracing anymore. He seems to just adopt whatever views are contradictory to the majority of the thread for the sheer pleasure of being a little prick.
I'm actually nostalgic for Vinth as our designated troll.
Anyway, since you brought up Cartesian duality, what's your take on Sartre's conception of consciousness (being-for-itself)? I'm not quite sold either way. I mean, it seems like he's moved away from Descartes' "ghost in the machine," since his idea of consciousness is more similar to Hume's (a mere transitory filter), but some critics still accuse it of being mysticism.