Dualism
Title: Dualism
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 914 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Dualism
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 914 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Rene Descartes has generated many arguments proving that the mind and body are two separate realities, but none stronger than his "Argument from Consciousness". Due to the fact that Descartes states that the mind is a thinking thing and the body is not, the two entities cannot be the same. By proving that the mind is capable of such feats as knowing, questioning, imagining and wishing we are able to better understand the differences between
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is obvious that there are many differences between the mind and body, which are so easily proved that it would be asinine to overlook. The ability to doubt, to wonder and to hope is all generated by the mind, which is merely a partner with the body, not one in the same. The Argument of Consciousness proves that because our minds have the desire to question our body, they cannot be one in the same.