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René Descartes is fundamentally linked to the concept of the self through his philosophical inquiry into its metaphysical and epistemological nature [1]. His specific model of the self, particularly the cogito, serves as a primary reference point for debates regarding the existence and composition of the self [2] [3].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
claimDavid Hume suggested in 2017 that there is no self in the sense of Descartes's cogito, but only a flux of impressions and ideas, including memories of past impressions, which leads to the fiction of a self-identity.
Self-Consciousness - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu 1 fact
claimRené Descartes's approach to the self was original because he closely connected metaphysical issues regarding what selves are with epistemological questions concerning how humans know about them.
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimJohn Foster argues that René Descartes only partially escaped the 'ectoplasmic' model of the self because, while Descartes avoided attributing non-mental properties to the self, he still attempted to explain the material composition of the self.