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Descartes Was Wrong: Person Is a Person Through Other PersonsIntroductionIn t...
Descartes Was Wrong: Person Is a Person Through Other PersonsIntroductionIn the Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes[^1] claims that the mind is a Cartesian[^2] substance. His arguments are generally seen as failing to prove his case. Firstly, he assumes that mind and body are two separate substances. Secondly, he defines Cartesian substances in such a way that it is hard to see how they can exist at all.[^3]^Descartes is wrong that personhood[^4]^ can only be explained individuated or by means of esse realis; persons are individuated in an analogical and intersubjective sense -- persons individuate as ends in themselves insofar as persons answer biologically, socially, psychologically, epistemologically, and ontologically to ends of rational agency^[iciloci]^. Nihilistic Cartesianism aside, there are better Cartesian Meditations than this[^5]^. A more fruitful Cartesian Meditation would be a Meditation on Intersubjectivity. The Meditation on Intersubjectivity would start from the question of the other and seek to answer it in terms of the conditions for the possibility of knowledge of the other. The Meditation on Intersubjectivity would lead to a Cartesian solution to the problem of other minds. The Meditation on Intersubjectivity would lead to the conclusion that persons individuate as ends in themselves individuated in an analogical and intersubjective sense. The Meditation on Intersubjectivity would lead to Cartesian solution to the problem of other minds. The Meditation on Intersubjectivity would lead to Cartesian solution to the problem of other minds. A Meditation on Intersubjectivity. Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Meditations A more fruitful Cartesian Meditation would be a Meditation on Intersubjectivity. The Meditation on Intersubjectivity would start from the question of the other and seek to answer it in terms of the conditions for the possibility of knowledge of the other. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead to a Cartesian solution to the problem of other minds. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead to the conclusion that persons individuate as ends in themselves individuated in an analogical and intersubjective sense. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would lead TheMeditation on Intersubjectivity would leadtoCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution to the problem of other minds. toCartesian solution