Smith C U
Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom.
Brain Cogn. 2001 Aug;46(3):364-72. doi: 10.1006/brcg.2001.1294.
J. C. Eccles (1903-1997) had a highly distinguished career in neurophysiology, being awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 1963. This paper sets him within the Cartesian tradition of British neurophysiology initiated by Thomas Henry Huxley in the mid-19th century. It shows how the mind-brain problematique of the Cartesian tradition troubled him throughout his career, leading him finally to a solution in terms of quantum microphysics and microphysiology. This position, which has subsequently become fashionable, is discussed and shown (at least in the form Eccles espoused) to provide no solution to the problem posed by Descartes in the early 17th century.
约翰·C·埃克尔斯（1903 - 1997）在神经生理学领域有着卓越的职业生涯，并于1963年被授予诺贝尔医学或生理学奖。本文将他置于由托马斯·亨利·赫胥黎在19世纪中叶开创的英国神经生理学的笛卡尔传统之中。文章展示了笛卡尔传统中的身心问题如何在他的整个职业生涯中困扰着他，最终促使他从量子微观物理学和微观生理学的角度寻求解决方案。随后流行起来的这一观点得到了讨论，并被证明（至少以埃克尔斯所支持的形式）无法解决笛卡尔在17世纪早期提出的问题。
