Why does Descartes claim in Meditation Six that the mind is completely distinct from the body and can exist without it? Summarize and evaluate his arguments in support of this claim.

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Descartes ' Mind-Body Dualism

The start of the Scientific Revolution heralded many changes concerning different viewpoints on knowledge . The breakaway from the medieval ages and the gradual rediscovery of classical ideas from the Renaissance period gave rise to the analytical systems of thought regarding individual existence , the philosophy of the mind , and eventually through rationalism , the formation of the natural sciences . The breakaway from the dogmatic teachings of religion widened the opportunities of tapping into different perspectives of thought and eventually forming different disciplines

which gave importance on fact verifiability and evidence in to determine its truth and universality . French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes is known for his rejection of all existing knowledge , otherwise known as the Cartesian doubt , because of the false impressions that sense perception provides in understanding knowledge . Descartes offers a methodological doubt or the process of deduction in to determine objects or knowledge with absolute certainty . As such , his work Meditations on First Philosophy contains ontological arguments concerning the individual existence , God , and the mind-body dualism Considering his background on mathematics , his philosophies exemplify the attempt to determine knowledge through evidence and specification rather than mystical and often dogmatic interpretations of understanding different worldly phenomena

Concerning the separation of the mind and body , Descartes argues on the distinction of the mind and body as a separate function where both objects can exist without dependence from the other . As mentioned in the prior discourses concerning the existence of knowable objects , Descartes...