Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-185) and index.
Contents:
Descartes' account of ideas and the puzzle of sensory representation -- Non-representationalist solutions : Cartesian sensations as qualia -- Externalist solutions : causal accounts -- Externalist solutions : telefunctional accounts -- A descriptive-causal account and the solution of the puzzle of sensory representation -- Objections and replies.
Summary:
Offering a novel account of the representationality of Cartesian sensations, this text places Descartes' theory of sensation in the central position it deserves among the philosophical and scientific investigations of the workings of the human mind.
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