Mariz Anewai Cabahug

Louella Artel Ramos

René Descartes'
Mind-Body

Dualism
Understanding The Self
Dr. Ella M. Roque
 René Descartes'
French scientist,

mathematician, and
philosopher in the 17th century

Analytic Geometry
 Cartesian Philosophy
Foundationalism
Belief that arguments should be certain, proven, and
unquestionably true and can be used as a justification
Radical Skepticism
Philosophical view that deems every human
knowledge as impossible. For Descartes, this is the
methodic doubt.
Christianism
Belief in the Christian God and doctrines; Descartes'
ends and means in his house of knowledge
Foundationalism-Radical Skepticism-Catholicism
Descartes restarted from the beginning, then doubted
everything.
He found that our senses are not always reliable and there
may be an evil force forcing us to see false reality.
Humans are as they are because of a benevolent God,
therefore all that we perceive clearly is true.
Cogito ergo sum
Je pense, donc je suis
I think,
therefore,
I am.
 I think,
therefore, My mind's
I am.
existence cannot
be denied because
I am constantly
thinking.
mind
res cogitans
BODY
res extensa
mental matter
immaterial corporal
rational material
conscious spatial
intentional linear dimensionality
indivisible divisible
MIND
res cogitans
the center and source of being
human
needs to actualize the potential
of the body
BODY
res extensa
an extension of our being
responds to stimuli and reacts
upon them with determined,
physical reaction processes
God-created system with of a
union with the mind
Interaction
Descartes believed that
the mind and the body
interacted through the
pineal gland, a part of
the brain that is believed
to be most associated
with the mind.
 Conclusion
The mind and the body separately
are incomplete substances. They
work together through an
intimate union, through a relation
of act and potency to form one
whole, complete human being.
Therefore, the body is a God-
created system with an ends of a
union with the mind.
References
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References
Daniel S , Mind Body http://people.tamu.edu/~sdaniel/gary3.htm
Howard, R. (2020), "Dualism" The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/#MinBod
Texas A&M university, Descartes' Methodic Doubt
http://people.tamu.edu/~sdaniel/Notes/descar1.html