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The introductory essay conveys the overall purpose of the issue and then outlines its composition. Intention of the editors has been to retrace a dozen generations back to Descartes’ times, to grasp his ingenuity, to follow his insights and try to further them on. Another starting line is a challenge to notorious Cartesian dualism which may reside in epigones of self-rid Cartesian dogma and disclosure of self-incited research of Descartes himself. In fact, Descartes himself resorted to his own personality or his whole self ( me totum ) that entangles both soul (thing that thinks) and body (thing that extends). Thus, dualism is only one instrumental aspect of far more complex cognitive proficiency of Descartes himself. What actually happens within me totum between the two analytical extreme modes of thinking and extended substances is embodiment and disembodiment. Introductory essay further outlines the sections of the Yearbook: Self, Reason, Body, Communication, Methodological Alternatives. |
