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Analyzing the Stages of the Method of Doubt
Doubt is central to the Meditations, as tearing down the mental foundations Descartes had built upon for the decades of his lifespan was the inspiration for the writing. The way…
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The Five Central Facets of Cartesian Dualism
Cartesian dualism is central to Descartes’s argument for the relationship between mind and body. Descartes builds this principle upon the abstract foundations set throughout the earlier meditations. There are five…
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Mind-Body Dualism in the Eyes of René Descartes
To better understand Descartes’s argument for the true distinction between the mind and body, one must first recognize and quantify the very foundations and trains of thought of the nature…
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Analyzing the Meditations of René Descartes
In the First Meditation, Descartes sets the foundation for his magnum opus by deliberately going about tearing down the mental foundations that were put in place in his youth that…