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A Critical Discussion of Descartes’ Rationale for the Separation of Mind and Body in Meditations on First Philosophy
by Nearly Anonymous, Feb 3, 2008
The argument in Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy for this separation of mind and body stems from his assertion that though the existence of the body can be doubted, the existence of the mind cannot, thereby necessitating a certain distinctiveness between the two. Not only can the logic of this claim be contested, the premises are both inadequately supported and inherently contradictory.
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Cartesian Anti-authoritarianism
by Nearly Anonymous, Jan 31, 2008
The defining feature of Descartes’ philosophy is its anti-authoritarian individualism. This is its great strength, but also its weakness.
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