Rene Descartes and Paul Churchland are both well respected philosophers with different out-looks on the mind and body relationship. Descartes achieved many great things in his time‚ but at the time that he wrote Meditations on First Philosophy he seemed to be borderline insane. His ideas are too drastic and gloomy‚ where as Churchland’s ideas in his writing Eliminitative Materialism seems to be agreeable and bright. Rene Descartes was a famous French Philosopher‚ mathematician‚ and scientist. Because
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What is mind-body dualism? Mind-body dualism simply distinguishes the mind and the body as two completely type of “substances.” According to Descartes the essential property of a material substance is extension; being able to take up space and time. One cannot observe what happens within the mind but can witness what happens to the body. Everyone is familiar with the function of the mind‚ which is the process of thinking and being able to tap into the body conscious. On the other hand‚ the body is
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Explain Descartes version of the ontological argument? Ontology is the branch of philosophy that explores the whole concept of existence. Thomas Aquinas argued that a reason as to why the ontological argument does not work is that we do not know what God is‚ Descartes disagreed with this. Descartes‚ who was a very influential mathematician‚ philosopher and scientist‚ believed‚ similarly to Anselm and Plato previously‚ that human beings mind’s are imprinted with concepts such as equality‚ cause‚
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Outline Rene Descartes I. All about Rene Descartes A. Rene Descartes is born B. Family C. Education D. Interests & Hobbies E. Passing F. Why he was important G. Philosophical Work‚ Scientific Discoveries‚ & Mathematical Findings II. Rene Descartes is born 1. When & where he was born A. March 31‚ 1596 B. La Haye en Touraine‚ Touraine (present-day Descartes‚ Indre-et-Loire)‚ France C. Parents: Jeanne Brochard (mother)‚ Joachim (father) D. Father
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1. Does Descartes actually believe in God or is he forced to place the belief of God into his text due to fear of being accused a heretic. I am skeptical as to whether Descartes’ believes in God and in his own reasons for saying God exists. I have first taken into consideration the fact that during this time and place it was highly frowned upon to disagree with the church and one can be put to death for this. When reading Descartes biography it stated that he pulled his material off from publication
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significantly‚ with the mind not being equivalent to the brain. Descartes is‚ perhaps‚ the philosopher that most people reference when discussing the mind-body problem. For Descartes‚ there are two substances: Mind and Matter. Each substance has a defining attribute. In the case of Mind‚ the defining attribute is Thought. In the case of Matter‚ the defining attribute is spatial Extension. It is important to note that for Descartes‚ substances can have nothing in common‚ otherwise they would not
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