Some Remarks on the Notion of โCartesian Dualismโ in Continental Philosophy
In the beginning of the 20th century, Western philosophy split into two main schools, analytic and continental philosophy, that โ barring exceptions โ neither read nor understand each other. My own work and influences are mostly within, or closely affiliated with, the analytic school, but occasionally I read some continental philosophy (as well as some non-Western philosophy). One peculiar term I encountered several times in such reading across scholastic boundaries is โCartesian dualismโ, most recently in Saito Koheiโs Marx in the Anthropocene. To be more precise, it is not the term itself that struck me as peculiar โ youโll find...