Today's new episode: Cartesianism and Gender
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Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
#philsky #podcast
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Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
#philsky #podcast
October 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today's new episode: Cartesianism and Gender
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism...
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
#philsky #podcast
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism...
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
#philsky #podcast
Woke Cartesianism is one of my hobby horses so I loved this
Today's new episode: Cartesianism and Gender
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism...
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
#philsky #podcast
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism...
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
#philsky #podcast
October 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Woke Cartesianism is one of my hobby horses so I loved this
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age. | @histphilosophy.bsky.social www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism... #Descartes #women #philsky
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October 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age. | @histphilosophy.bsky.social www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism... #Descartes #women #philsky
New post as part of a series where I demolish folk Cartesianism once and for all andymasley.substack.com/p/ai-and-fol...
AI and Folk Cartesianism - Part 1: Defining the Problem
Why I'm scared of linear algebra
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October 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
New post as part of a series where I demolish folk Cartesianism once and for all andymasley.substack.com/p/ai-and-fol...
Part 2, it’s over for Cartesianism open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...
AI and Folk Cartesianism - Part 2: Problems for Cartesianism
The theater is empty, the screen is in another room
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October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Part 2, it’s over for Cartesianism open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...
Cartesianism for the urban auto driver …
November 23, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Cartesianism for the urban auto driver …
He's reinventing Cartesianism from first principles. Nothing exists outsidr of what is being directly experienced by Will Stancil.
April 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
He's reinventing Cartesianism from first principles. Nothing exists outsidr of what is being directly experienced by Will Stancil.
There's a thing I read a long time ago about the Cartesianism of supremacy. Every dichotomy is between normalized and othered. So rather than "male and female" it is "normal and gender." Rather than "white and Black" it is "normal and racial."
Through this mechanism, only white males are "unbiased"
Through this mechanism, only white males are "unbiased"
February 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
There's a thing I read a long time ago about the Cartesianism of supremacy. Every dichotomy is between normalized and othered. So rather than "male and female" it is "normal and gender." Rather than "white and Black" it is "normal and racial."
Through this mechanism, only white males are "unbiased"
Through this mechanism, only white males are "unbiased"
The most basic is that Cartesianism, broadly speaking, is false. The mind is embodied and embedded in the physical world. Meaning is not in the head. Reference, truth, and rational belief require the right kind of causal relationships to the world.
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The most basic is that Cartesianism, broadly speaking, is false. The mind is embodied and embedded in the physical world. Meaning is not in the head. Reference, truth, and rational belief require the right kind of causal relationships to the world.
Exciting new book on Cartesianism, featuring my wife and others!
Find out why the facile “criticisms” of Cartesianism you were taught as an undergrad were reductive and dogmatic.
www.routledge.com/Cartesianism...
Find out why the facile “criticisms” of Cartesianism you were taught as an undergrad were reductive and dogmatic.
www.routledge.com/Cartesianism...
Cartesianism and Philosophy of Mind
This book explores themes in the philosophy of mind as they emerge within the early modern Cartesian tradition. It brings together thirteen contributions from international scholars, to provide a fine...
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July 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Exciting new book on Cartesianism, featuring my wife and others!
Find out why the facile “criticisms” of Cartesianism you were taught as an undergrad were reductive and dogmatic.
www.routledge.com/Cartesianism...
Find out why the facile “criticisms” of Cartesianism you were taught as an undergrad were reductive and dogmatic.
www.routledge.com/Cartesianism...
That’s the thing where it might turn out the decolonial theories were right: modernity doesn’t start with Britain and France, it starts with Spain. Dussel shows that Cartesianism was first developed among Spanish theologians, and it is intricately tied to the exclusion of „The Other“ in colonisation
Nothing is more important right now than to put these Caribbean thinkers against the Marco Rubios of the world
Ein karibisches Triptychon: Gilroy (Schwarzer Atlantik), Glissant (Poétique de la Relation), Chamoiseau (Texaco)
February 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
That’s the thing where it might turn out the decolonial theories were right: modernity doesn’t start with Britain and France, it starts with Spain. Dussel shows that Cartesianism was first developed among Spanish theologians, and it is intricately tied to the exclusion of „The Other“ in colonisation
Coming up tomorrow on the new podcast episode of #HoPWaG, we look at Arnauld and Jansenism, and why this intense religious movement is associated with Cartesianism.
February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Coming up tomorrow on the new podcast episode of #HoPWaG, we look at Arnauld and Jansenism, and why this intense religious movement is associated with Cartesianism.
I'd tried to write a mini crash course on the situation here, would like to write a lot more blog.andymasley.com/p/ai-and-fol...
AI and Folk Cartesianism - Part 1: Defining the Problem
Why I'm scared of linear algebra
blog.andymasley.com
September 8, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I'd tried to write a mini crash course on the situation here, would like to write a lot more blog.andymasley.com/p/ai-and-fol...
Just finished writing a couple of podcasts on Pierre Gassendi, one mostly on his epistemology, then one one his atomism comparing him to Sebastian Basso. Amazing to see this revival of Epicureanism and ancient atomism in the 17th century as a rival to Cartesianism!
August 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Just finished writing a couple of podcasts on Pierre Gassendi, one mostly on his epistemology, then one one his atomism comparing him to Sebastian Basso. Amazing to see this revival of Epicureanism and ancient atomism in the 17th century as a rival to Cartesianism!
I am coming from a different angle, but yes, this is highly related, of course. As is Cartesianism: bsky.app/profile/oliv...
Yeah, this is a huge obsession with these people, also see footnote 2 from:
Guest, O. & Martin, A. E. (2025). A Metatheory of Classical and Modern Connectionism. Psychological Review. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
PDF: repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/ha...
Guest, O. & Martin, A. E. (2025). A Metatheory of Classical and Modern Connectionism. Psychological Review. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
PDF: repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/ha...
![This characterization of human-likeness is the case only in complex or
dubious ways (e.g., Leivada, Günther, & Dentella, 2024). Also, the concept
of deeper models being more human-like is consistent with the classical
dualist perspective: “The difference between machines and natural objects is
simply one of degree for Descartes[. M]achines are works of nature differing
from other natural objects only by degree of complexity” (Hattab, 2009,
p. 85). 3 As in other m](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsyj5jtayxcq5dw5mtja4xtb/bafkreihi3lnsnii3v7vmbuzfifhsukuzqlv54qp3gq7e76zup3wcw6e7su)
May 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
I am coming from a different angle, but yes, this is highly related, of course. As is Cartesianism: bsky.app/profile/oliv...
📢the poster for the 3rd series of #DescartesLab seminar is available - with a lot on #music,🎶 #mind,🧠 cartesianism, and a fascinating book on #Mersenne!
Events are online - to attend, contact us or follow the link in the poster⤵️
Join us!
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Events are online - to attend, contact us or follow the link in the poster⤵️
Join us!
#Descartes #Cartesianism #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury
July 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
📢the poster for the 3rd series of #DescartesLab seminar is available - with a lot on #music,🎶 #mind,🧠 cartesianism, and a fascinating book on #Mersenne!
Events are online - to attend, contact us or follow the link in the poster⤵️
Join us!
#Descartes #Cartesianism #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury
Events are online - to attend, contact us or follow the link in the poster⤵️
Join us!
#Descartes #Cartesianism #histphilo #histsci #17thcentury
cartesianism and its consequences
June 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
cartesianism and its consequences
Man lernt hier in gut 20 Minuten enorm viel über weibliche intellektuelle Netzwerke im 17. Jhdt., die Chance von Descartes Dualismus (& Anti-Schulphilosophismus) für Geschlechter-Gleichheit zu argumentieren, und wie beides Zusammenhängt. #philsky
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HoP 477 The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender
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January 23, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Man lernt hier in gut 20 Minuten enorm viel über weibliche intellektuelle Netzwerke im 17. Jhdt., die Chance von Descartes Dualismus (& Anti-Schulphilosophismus) für Geschlechter-Gleichheit zu argumentieren, und wie beides Zusammenhängt. #philsky
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The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender
Today's new episode: Cartesianism and Gender
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism...
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
#philsky #podcast
www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism...
Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age.
#philsky #podcast
October 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Mind Has No Sex: Cartesianism and Gender
Furthermore, human cognition is not just our neurons/brains! This is what people learned from the second AI crash in the 80s! Human consciousness uses the outside world to operate. We communicate with other people, take in information through our senses constantly. This is cartesianism, AGAIN.
September 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Furthermore, human cognition is not just our neurons/brains! This is what people learned from the second AI crash in the 80s! Human consciousness uses the outside world to operate. We communicate with other people, take in information through our senses constantly. This is cartesianism, AGAIN.
A few people have asked about my Frege Lectures, which were the occasion for this interview. The title for the lectures was "The Story of the Mind: Cartesianism, Behaviourism and Fictionalism". If you're interested, you can watch them here: uttv.ee/otsing#sona=... #philmind #philsci #cogsci
February 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A few people have asked about my Frege Lectures, which were the occasion for this interview. The title for the lectures was "The Story of the Mind: Cartesianism, Behaviourism and Fictionalism". If you're interested, you can watch them here: uttv.ee/otsing#sona=... #philmind #philsci #cogsci
I think one can follow La Mettrie in first reducing the soul to imagination, and holding imagination to be the primary mental faculty, then claiming that the soul is an "enlightened machine" whose faculties are attributable to material processes, which exist alike in animals, fatally to Cartesianism
September 27, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I think one can follow La Mettrie in first reducing the soul to imagination, and holding imagination to be the primary mental faculty, then claiming that the soul is an "enlightened machine" whose faculties are attributable to material processes, which exist alike in animals, fatally to Cartesianism
I just witnessed a FB post blaming St. Augustine for pushing Cartesianism.
I think it’s time I handed in my brain. I can’t be happy if I insist on holding onto it.
I think it’s time I handed in my brain. I can’t be happy if I insist on holding onto it.
March 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I just witnessed a FB post blaming St. Augustine for pushing Cartesianism.
I think it’s time I handed in my brain. I can’t be happy if I insist on holding onto it.
I think it’s time I handed in my brain. I can’t be happy if I insist on holding onto it.
Coming up in a few hours on the new #HoPWaG podcast episode...
Cartesianism and women: why figures like Poullain de la Barre (whose name I just managed to spell right on the first try!) thought Descartes' ideas would be an ideal basis for arguing in favor of gender equality.
Cartesianism and women: why figures like Poullain de la Barre (whose name I just managed to spell right on the first try!) thought Descartes' ideas would be an ideal basis for arguing in favor of gender equality.
October 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Coming up in a few hours on the new #HoPWaG podcast episode...
Cartesianism and women: why figures like Poullain de la Barre (whose name I just managed to spell right on the first try!) thought Descartes' ideas would be an ideal basis for arguing in favor of gender equality.
Cartesianism and women: why figures like Poullain de la Barre (whose name I just managed to spell right on the first try!) thought Descartes' ideas would be an ideal basis for arguing in favor of gender equality.