New PDF release: Descartes and the Puzzle of Sensory Representation

By Raffaella De Rosa

whereas a lot has been written on Descartes' thought of brain and concepts, no systematic research of his conception of sensory illustration and misrepresentation is at the moment to be had within the literature. Descartes and the Puzzle of Sensory Misrepresentation is an formidable try to fill this hole. It argues opposed to the verified view that Cartesian sensations are mere qualia via protecting the view that they're representational; it bargains a descriptivist-causal
account in their representationality that's serious of, and differs from, all different extant bills (such as, for instance, causal, teleofunctional and merely internalist accounts); and it has the good thing about supplying an sufficient strategy to the matter of sensory misrepresentation inside Descartes' internalist
theory of rules. In sum, the ebook deals a unique account of the representationality of Cartesian sensations; offers a breathtaking assessment, and important overview, of the scholarly literature in this factor; and areas Descartes' thought of sensation within the relevant place it merits one of the philosophical and medical investigations of the workings of the human mind.

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