[HN Gopher] Descartes's Evil Genius
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       Descartes's Evil Genius
        
       Author : drdee
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2021-08-11 22:32 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | snug wrote:
       | > IF YOU'RE LOOKING to finger a philosopher for the ills of
       | modernity, then there are quite a few potential suspects.
       | 
       | Ummm, never really thought about fingering a philosopher before
        
       | hedberg10 wrote:
       | Slick cookie warning with a timer bar that just runs down.
       | Genius. Transparent overlays. Proper line height. Who came up
       | with this? This website is a pleasure.
        
       | allturtles wrote:
       | > Most readers will find Gadberry's readings dazzlingly
       | innovative; other less attentive and open-minded readers may view
       | them as outlandish.
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       | This kind of rhetorical gambit really bugs me. So if I find
       | Gadberry unconvincing (or possibly even full of it) I'm close-
       | minded and inattentive, am I?
        
       | inostia wrote:
       | Can anyone recommend a book that describes some potential
       | destructive consequences of Cartesian thinking on everyday life
       | in Western civilization (not just in the field of philosophy)? It
       | seems possible to me that choosing the individual "subject" (the
       | mind in mind-body dualism) as the starting point for
       | Enlightenment discourse could have contributed in some way to the
       | modern selfish solipsism we see in society today.
        
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