Chapter Descartes on Selfhood, Conscientia, the First Person and Beyond

I discuss Descartes’ metaphysics of selfhood, and relevant parts of contemporary philosophy regarding the first person. My two main concerns are the controversy that surrounds Descartes’ conception of conscientia, mistranslated as ‘consciousness’, and his conception of selfhood and its essential con...

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Main Author:	Christofidou, Andrea
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Firenze University Press 2023
Subjects:	René Descartes conscientia first person selfhood personhood freedom
Online Access:	ONIX_20231127_9791221501698_2
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