Chapter Foundations of Human and Animal Sensory Awareness: Descartes and Willis
In arguing against the likelihood of consciousness in non-human animals, Descartes advances a slippery slope argument that if thought were attributed to any one animal, it would have to be attributed to all, which is absurd. This paper examines the foundations of Thomas Willis' comparative neur...
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Main Author: | Brown, Deborah (auth) |
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Other Authors: | Key, Brian (auth) |
Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Florence
Firenze University Press
2023
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Series: | Knowledge and its Histories
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Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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