The Role of Descartes’s Dream in the Meditations and in the Historical Ontology of Ourselves

This paper situates the dream-hypothesis in Descartes’s First Meditation within the historical ontology of ourselves. It looks at the way in which the dream enters into and transforms Descartes’ relation to his “system of actuality.” In order to get free from his confinement within his system of act...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edward McGushin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CBS Open Journals 2018-10-01
Series:Foucault Studies
Online Access:https://192.168.7.24:443/index.php/foucault-studies/article/view/5575