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29 de jul. de 2010 · Seventeenth-Century Theories of Consciousness. First published Thu Jul 29, 2010; substantive revision Fri Mar 6, 2020. In the seventeenth century, “consciousness” began to take on a uniquely modern sense.
The main line of evidence for this reading of Descartes are the texts above—if it's conceptually possible to doubt that our conscious thoughts do in fact represent anything, and if thought is defined in terms of consciousness, then it seems that consciousness will be the more fundamental concept.
Discussions of consciousness as we know them began in earnest in the late seventeenth/early eighteenth century — largely under the influence of Cartesianism. This at least is the acknowledged historical source of present-day contributions to the theory of consciousness.
- Udo Thiel
- 1991
Abstract. Chapter 1 historically situates the interpretation of consciousness in Locke. Early in the seventeenth century came the realization that not all forms of self-awareness are captured by the notion of conscience as an internal moral or evaluative awareness of oneself.
26 de jul. de 2010 · The English Neoplatonic philosopher Ralph Cudworth introduced the term ‘consciousness’ into the English philosophical lexicon. Cudworth uses the term to define the form and structure of cognitive acts, including acts of freewill. In this article I highlight the important role of theological disputes over the place and extent of ...
- Benjamin Carter
- 2010
"Thus there remains only my theory, the way of pre-established harmony, set up by a contrivance of divine foreknowledge, which formed each of these substances from the outset in so perfect, so regular, and so exact a manner, that merely by following out its own laws, which were given to it when it was brought into being, each substance is nevertheless in harmony with the other, just as if ...
In the seventeenth century, “consciousness” began to take on a uniquely modern sense. This transition was sparked by new theories of mind and ideas, and it connected with other important issues of debate during the seventeenth century, including debates over the transparency of the mental, animal consciousness, and innate ideas.
