I would not count cartesianism out. The brain-body question has replaced the mind-body question. IMHO it's just plain neo-cartesianism. We are a minority working on the body-body question.
Best Luc WC wrote: > With respect to definition, If consciousness is nothing > except living then it is nothing at all. > > It's rather quaint to speak of pure consciousness, > brute consciousness and sure consciousness. We can't > blame Peirce for that because he had to work in the dark > regarding how the brain functions. Nowadays, the Cartesian > mind-body split that relies on the division of reason from > emotion or emotion from imagination is largely put aside, > except in religious beliefs that assert a spirit world or > life after death of the body (like Peirce). But Peirce did > seem to see necessary interlinking among his three types of > consciousness.
