A counter-argument to the Cartesian view of self-awareness suggests that classifying oneself as a conscious subject is similar to classifying oneself as a cyclist; just as one might not have been a cyclist, one might not have developed consciousness if biological development had differed.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

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• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• self-awareness concept
• consciousness concept