Word: descartesã
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...that now seem silly—like enrolling in a philosophy class and taking evening runs along the Charles. And I waited, as if meaning would drop from the sky and hit me. While I did discover the beauty of the Charles at sunset and learned a lot about Descartes?? existential crises, those pursuits did not yield much insight about myself...
...motley assortment of young and old minds passionately interested in what they do and, perhaps, a little out of step with the rest of the university. Even basic intellectual expression in the Philosophy department offers unique challenges. (Sometimes it can be tempting to throw your copy of Descartes?? “Meditations” into Mass. Ave. traffic.) Instead of running your own interpretation of the readings through your TF’s critical analysis filter (par for the course in other humanities areas, especially English), philosophy papers introduce the rudiments of philosophical thought by having students retrace...
...questions of their reading, it offers little intellectual benefit. Whether the text is historical, philosophical or literary—my History and Literature friends might even argue against these distinctions—it deserves close attention. The Communist Manifesto, Graham Greene’s novels, and Descartes?? Meditations are begging to be poked, prodded, turned upside down, and shaken most vigorously. But when the clock is ticking and I still have 400 pages to go, I give Marx a pat on the head and move on. The second option is selective reading. In fact, many professors expect that...
Damasio, who serves as Van Allen professor at the University of Iown Medical Center and an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute in San Diego, has written two other books on the subject of emotion, Descartes??s Error and The Feeling of What Happens...
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