John 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.

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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