25 January 2007 - Cartesian duelists

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2007 : 25 January 2007

An Example of Duality

I saw two Cartesian duelists fighting, and I guess they’re still at it because they couldn’t connect. It makes me glad that I’m a materialist, even though I still haven’t managed to collect the whole universe.

clue:

The classic problem of mind/body dualism (I spell carefully) is this: How do the mind and body interact? The classic problem of the opposite point of view, materialism, is this: What is consciousness? Neither problem has a convincing solution, except that each view solves the other’s problem.

give me a clue so sweet and true