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problems with rene descartes' substance dualism

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Descartes 's Substance Dualism

In brief , Cartesian dualism claims that a human is composed of two separate substances : body and soul . The body is a physical entity subject to the usual laws of physics , and the soul is an immaterial substance not subject to the usual laws of physics . Another term for Cartesian dualism could be mind-body or person-body dualism . This version is named after the French philosopher , mathematician , and scientist Rene Descartes (1596-1650

He is often considered to be the founder of modern

philosophy and is thought to be the first philosopher since Aristotle not to accept current systems and foundations laid by his predecessors in his attempt to complete a philosophic relationship of the body and soul . This aims to discuss the Cartesian substance dualism and attempts to answer the following question : if Cartesian dualism is correct , why is there a body

Descartes is most famous for his dictum 'Cogito , ergo sum 'I think therefore I am ) which he elaborated in his Principia Philosophiae . In Descartes ' time period epistemology was beginning to become in question He therefore decided to use skepticism to question everything he knew Descartes took to "reject as absolutely false " everything in regard to which he "could imagine the least ground of doubt (101 . Descartes said he could think of himself without a body , but could not think of himself without a mind . There must then be two parts of a person . One can touch their body , so this must...

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