Cottingam’s Conception of Descrates’s Trialism and Modern Discussions

Authors

  • Lubov Bodnarchuk Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • Anastasia Sen’ Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7844-8820

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22240/sent30.01.196

Keywords:

Descartes, dualism, trialism, mind–body problem

Abstract

The approaches of the main interpreters of Cartesianism as trialism (J. Cottingam, D. Hoffman, T. Schmaltz, etc.) and the critisism of their ideas made by supporters of dualistic interpretation of Cartesianism (M. Rozemond, etc.) are described in the article. Significant changes in the current interpretation of dualism caused by controversy with trialism are marked.

Author Biographies

Lubov Bodnarchuk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Applicant for PhD in philosophy at the Department of History of Philosophy

Anastasia Sen’, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Applicant for PhD in philosophy at the Department of History of Philosophy

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2014-06-16

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Bodnarchuk, L., & Sen’, A. (2014). Cottingam’s Conception of Descrates’s Trialism and Modern Discussions. Sententiae, 30(1), 196–209. https://doi.org/10.22240/sent30.01.196

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