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Summary Of Descartes Conceivability Argument
1. Descartes’ conceivability argument is that if something is conceivable. Then it is logically possible to exist and that if something is not conceivable, then it is not logically possible. Through this reasoning Descartes’ states that since it is possible to conceive that he could exist mentally without a physical form, it is therefore logically possible that one could exist without their body. Descartes’ logic, though valid in its presentation, does not provide the reasoning that perhaps, at least for some, is not possible for them to conceive of their body and mind existing as separate entities.
2. An identity theorist would say that once the body dies, the mind wouldn’t cease to exist. This is due to their belief that consciousness and
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