Luis G. Castro M.

Descartes's philosophy of mind does not reduce to the mind-body dualism of his Meditations. Indeed, we can find a certain theory of consciousness scattered throughout his writings; though the term „consciousness‟, understood as phenomenal consciousness, is not part of his vocabulary. His dualistic ontology is a consequence of the conceptual limitations and the metaphysical preconceptions of his time. However, Descartes‟s theory of perception, his concept of „mind‟, his theory of ideas, and his theory of the passions form a sophisticated theory of human experience commensurable with contemporary theories of consciousness.

El objetivo del presente ensayo es el de examinar las características de los tipos de análisis conceptual propuestos por Jackson en From Metaphysics to Ethics y de Strawson en Análisis y Metafísica. Se quieren confrontar dos tipos de análisis conceptual: Por una parte, se pretende aclarar algunos aspectos característicos del tipo de análisis conceptual propuesto por cada autor, desde el punto de vista metodológico, y, por otra, caracterizar la naturaleza de lo que cada uno considera como conceptos básicos del análisis.