Hulya YALDIR

The Cartesian Man: The Hybrid Entity Emerging from an Intimate Unification of the Mind and Body

‘Kartezyen ikicilik’ terimi genellikle tüm bilinç formlarını tek bir zihin ya da bilinç kategorisi altında toplamak için kullanılmıştır. Düşünce ve uzamın yanısıra, Kartezyen felsefesinin çağdaş yorumcuları Descartes’in ortaya attığı veya tanıttığı hayalgücü ve duyum kategorisi olarak adlandırılan üçüncü bir kategoriyi sıklıkla göz ardı etmektedirler. Halbuki, Descartes’in zihin felsefesi basit bir ikilik yerine üçlü bir ayırıma işaret eder. Bu makalede, Kartezyen ruh-beden birliği kuramının kısa bir kronolojik araştırmasını yaptıktan sonra, Descartes’in görüşünde iddia edilen tutarsızlık ve onun üç birincil kavramlar, akıl, beden ve onların birleşimi doktrininde varsayılan anlaşılamazlığına karşı (filozofun bu konudaki orijinal ve dikkate değer yönlerini) tartışmaya çalışacağım.

Kartezyen İnsanı: Ruh (Akıl) ve Bedenin Yakın İlişkisinden Doğan Melez Varlık

The term ‘Cartesian dualism’ is commonly used to lump together all forms of ‘consciousnesses under the single category of the mental. Alongside thought and extension, modern interpreters of the Cartesian philosophy have often inclined to disregard Descartes’ presentation of a third category, the category of sensation and imagination. However, Descartes’ philosophy of mind strongly points out a threefold distinction instead of a simple duality. In this article, after a brief chronological survey of the Cartesian theory of the mind-body union, I try to argue against the alleged inconsistency of Descartes’ view and the supposed unintelligibility of his doctrine of the three primitive notions, namely, mind, body, and their union.

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