Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 18:44:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE: Inner experience vs. Descartes



As far as "inner" mind in Descartes, it's not instantly familiar:  give me
some time, Einar, or some more pointers...

As far as David's reply, I think there's both an alternative (something
irrational in human experience, something impossible, a fullness of life
that doesn't fit back into a certain kind of nice categorizing and yet
isn't empty or meaningless for that) and some other arguments (e.g.:  (a)
experiential/mystical; (b) literary; (c) anthropological/ ethnological).  
It seems like you're summoning a vast arsenal of tools to dismiss
something; even the effort you are making suggests that there is more than
a mere corpse to dual with.  (Or maybe we should think about what great
effort it has taken us as a society to rid ourselves of corpses.)  I don't
really know what level you're facing this at.  What writing of Bataille's
are you reading?

Marcus