Philosophers principally known for theories of consciousness, mental content, personal identity, and the relation of mind to body and world, in the modern analytic and phenomenological sense distinct from a classical metaphysics of the soul. Belongs here: philosophers of consciousness, intentionality and embodiment. Does not belong here: classical and medieval philosophers whose account of the soul is part of a broader metaphysical system, grouped under Metaphysics.
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1. Wikipedia: Philosophy of mind
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Dualism finds its entry into Western philosophy thanks to Rene Descartes in the 17th century.
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