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Mind And Body Descartes Ideas
861 wordsConceivability Argument The Sixth Meditation of Descartes contains two arguments in defence of Cartesian dualism: First, since the mind and the body can each be conceived clearly and distinctly apart from each other. It follows that god could cause either to exist independently of the other, and this satisfies the traditional criteria for a metaphysical real distinction. (Med. VI) Second, the essence of body as a geometrically defined region of space includes the possibility of its infinite divi...
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Clear And Distinct Ideas Existence Of God
1,437 wordsSpinoza And Descartes Spinoza enjoys a widespread reputation as the modern philosopher who makes the most thorough going and principled attack on teleology. Unlike Descartes who faint heartedly limits his attack on final causation to the question of its usefulness in physics, Spinoza boldly pushes further, or so the story goes, and denies the legitimacy of all teleological explanation, even with respect to God. Spinoza rejects final causation in physics and theology, as well as he rejects teleol...
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Mind And Body Clear And Distinct
1,870 wordsDescartes Descartes relation of the mind and the body is circled around three topics: mind body dualism, proofs for the real distinction between mind and body, and two way causal interaction. Descartes in Meditation II concludes that he is in essence a thinking thing (res cogitates), and that it is possible that he exists without a body. He recognizes, however, that to conclude from this that his mind is really distinct from his body would be fallacious. The Stoic paradox of the masked man illus...
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Mind And Body Clear And Distinct
2,264 wordsDescartes Descartes relation of the mind and the body is circles around three topics: mind body dualism, proofs for the real distinction between mind and body, and two way causal interaction. Descartes in Meditation II concludes that he is in essence a thinking thing (res cogitates), and that it is possible that he exists without a body. He recognizes, however, that to conclude from this that his mind is really distinct from his body would be fallacious. The Stoic paradox of the masked man illus...
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Clear And Distinct Perception Slave Morality
1,915 wordsFriedrich Nietzsche is not only one of the most influential philosophers the world has seen, but he is also one of the most controversial. He has influenced twentieth century thought more than almost any other thinker. In his numerous works, Nietzsche constantly criticizes and restructures the strongly held philosophical and religious beliefs of his time. One such principle that he refutes belongs to his predecessor Rene Descartes, and concerns the apparent distinction and significance of the hu...
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