THE ANIMAL-MACHINE CONCEPT IN DESCARTES AND BERKELEY. THE ATTEMPT AT COMPARISON
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https://doi.org/10.18372/2412-2157.29.13883Keywords:
Descartes, Berkeley, animal, perception, immaterialismAbstract
The article reconstructs and compares two philosophical concepts of animal developed by René Descartes and George Berkeley. The analysis of the process of animal perception carried out by Descartes makes it possible to find an analogy between the two abovementioned concepts. According to the interpretation presented in the article, the Berkeleyan immaterialist metaphysics can be reconciled with attributing certain degree of rationality to brutes. However, the reconstruction reveals the complexity of Berkeley’s attitude towards Descartes and multidimensionality of his conception the epistemological parts of which can be reconciled with his metaphysics but can also be evaluated in separation from it.References
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