Damasio's Error and Descartes' Truth
Author | : Andrew Lee Gluck |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : UVA:X030279904 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The question of the relationship between mind and body as posed by Descartes, Spinoza, and others remains a fundamental debate for philosophers. In Damasio's Error and Descartes' Truth, Andrew Gluck constructs a pluralistic response to the work of neurologist Antonio Damasio. Gluck critiques the neutral monistic assertions found in Descartes' Error and Looking for Spinoza from a philosophical perspective, advocating an adaptive theory--physical monism in the natural sciences, dualism in the social sciences, and neutral monism in aesthetics. Gluck's work is a significant and refreshing take on a historical debate.