Original sentence: "  He apparently disagrees with both the Cartesian materialists and Dennett alike in that the he denies the identity theory of the mind, which is the "dogma" he refers to in the quote.107, original emphasis.According to Daniel Dennett:.But [...] the persuasive imagery of the Cartesian Theater keeps coming back to haunt us — laypeople and scientists alike — even after its ghostly dualism has been denounced and exorcized.Cartesian materialism is the view that there is a crucial finish line or boundary somewhere in the brain, marking a place where the order of arrival equals the order of "presentation" in experience because what happens there is what you are conscious of.Cartesian materialists, such as O'Brien and Opie (1999), argue that Dennett's characterisation of the concept is incorrect and assert that his analysis of the Phi phenomenon can be accommodated by the Cartesian materialist paradigm.Note that this is somewhat confusing, because identity theory is common among materialists, and not at all limited to Cartesian materialists.Rockwell says that "The basic dogma of Cartesian materialism is that only neural activity in the cranium is functionally essential for the emergence of mind.[...] Many theorists would insist that they have explicitly rejected such an obviously bad idea.[Dennett 1991, p
Edited sentence: Cartesian materialists such as O'Brien and Opie (1999) argue that Dennett's characterisation of the concept is incorrect and his analysis of the Phi phenomenon can be accommodated in the Cartesian materialist paradigm.Rockwell defines Cartesian Materialism in the following way:.The basic dogma of Cartesian materialism is that only neural activity.in the cranium is functionally essential for the emergence of mind