Matt said to Steve:
... I can't figure, for example, if a person really does have Cartesian
Anxiety, or they're just saying a thing 'cuz it seems like the thing to say.
dmb says:
For anyone who might be wondering about the meaning of "Cartesian Anxiety".
(What, mom and dad didn't tell you!?!) Here's the entire Wiki article:
Cartesian anxiety refers to the notion that, ever since René Descartes
promulgated his highly influential form of body-mind dualism, Western
civilization has suffered from a longing for ontological certainty, or feeling
that scientific methods, and especially the study of the world as a thing
separate from ourselves, should be able to lead us to a firm and unchanging
knowledge of ourselves and the world around us. The term is named after
Descartes because of his well-known emphasis on "mind" as different from
"body", "self" as different from "other".Richard J. Bernstein coined the term
in his 1983 book Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics, and
Praxis.
Interesting post, Matt.
Later,
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