Andrew Pessin (1993) One Mind too Many?
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Psycoloquy 4(64): One Mind too Many?
ONE MIND TOO MANY?
Commentary on Puccetti on Split-Brain
Andrew Pessin
Department of Philosophy
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA 23185
awpess@mail.wm.edu
Abstract
In this commentary I note that Dennett's Multiple Drafts
theory is not incompatible with the "potential duality of mind" in
normal subjects or split-brain patients. I then argue that if we
acknowledge the slippery slope of selfhood that Multiple Drafts
encourages, we can see how Puccetti's criticisms of Dennett's three
"arguments" miss the mark.
Keywords
cartesianism, cell death, cerebral dominance,
consciousness, hemispherectomy, lateralization, mental duality,
mental unity, multiple drafts, split brain.
References
- Dennett, D. (1991). Consciousness Explained. Boston: Little, Brown.
- Puccetti, R. (1973). Brain Bisection and Personal Identity. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 24, 339-355.
- Puccetti, R. (1993) Dennett on the Split Brain. PSYCOLOQUY 4(52) split-brain.1.puccetti.