Just for the record, the pineal gland was not considered, by Descartes, to be the "source" of the Cogito.
He speculated the pineal to be the point at which the "unextended" mind-substance and "extended" body-substance interact with each other. The Cogito, by contrast, was an argument (or some say an exercise) put forward to prove that Descartes' method of radical skepticism could not succeed in undermining belief in the existence of the thinker himself. As many have pointed out since, however, it only fails to undermine belief in the existence of the thoughts themselves. Their source -- whether the (putative) thinker or someone or something else -- is a logically independent matter. Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================= On 2013-11-04, at 10:35 AM, michael sylvester wrote: > > > > > > > Karl Lashley's in search of the engram > and > Rene Descarte's pineal gland as the source of 'I think therefore I am' > > michael > > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=29754 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-29754-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=29762 or send a blank email to leave-29762-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
