Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2012. № 7. Part 2. P. 214-218.
CORPORAL AUTOMATS MEMORY IN DESCARTES'S MECHANICAL UNIVERSE
Shevtsov Konstantin Pavlovich
St. Petersburg State University
Abstract. Descartes's physiology represents body structure as automat, which all actions are regulated by animal spirits motion sent by brain to nerves and muscles with particular importance of memory in brain work. Corporal memory retains some semblance of purely cognitive and intellectual activity, and thus can act completely autonomously, regardless of intellectual soul interference. The author analyzes corporal memory conception, and substantiates the essential connection between this conception and the general model of mechanical universe developed in Descartes's philosophy.
Key words and phrases: телесная память, автомат, мозг, метод, объяснение, идея, эксперимент, corporal memory, automat, brain, method, explanation, idea, experiment
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