... dualist view. The sciences of the mind havedelivered another, or rather a series of others. The cognitive sciences – the umbrella term for the disciplines devoted to the study of mentalphenomena ... descendant of the Cartesianview. On this everyday conception, I am the set of thoughts thatcross my mind. This conception of the self might offer some comfort,in the face of all the evidence about the ... performance degradedby changes in matter, if it is a different kind of thing? Recall the attractions of the mind-stuff theory, for Cartesians. First, the theorywas supposed to explain how the...