AI and Folk Cartesianism: Analyzing philosophy in AI debates
AndyMasley · x · 2026-08-31
This is Part 1 of a blog series aiming to deflate folk concepts in the philosophy of mind that appear in AI debates. The author discusses 'Folk Cartesianism'—the intuitive but flawed view that separates the human mind from the physical world. The article traces how this philosophical stance influences polarization around AI and the reluctance to accept that minds are natural processes replicable by machines.
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