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The Achilles of Rationalist Psychology

By Robert J. Stainton , Thomas M. Lennon

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2008
ISBN
978-1-4020-6892-8, 1402068921, 978-1-4020-6893-5, 140206893X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5226045 bytes)
Series
Studies in the history of philosophy of mind 7
Pages
289\287
Time added
2016-01-18 05:00:00
Philosophy of mind. Rationalism.

Description

In his Second Paralogism of the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant described what he called the "Achilles of all dialectical inferences in the pure doctrine of the soul". This argument, which he took to be powerful yet fatally flawed, purports to establish the simplicity of the human mind, or soul, on the basis of the unity of consciousness. It is the aim of this volume to treat the major figures who have advanced the Achilles argument, or who have held views bearing on it.

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