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René Descartes and Galileo Galilei are linked as foundational figures who inaugurated the modern mechanistic worldview [1], [2], [3]. Together, they established a radical form of dualism by separating primary and secondary qualities [4] and prompted later philosophers to react against their dualistic framework [5].
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Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimThe mechanistic worldview inaugurated by Galileo, Descartes, and Newton placed the problem of the mind at the center of philosophical inquiry while simultaneously marginalizing it.
claimGalileo and Descartes placed secondary qualities in the soul rather than denying their existence, which resulted in a radical form of dualism characterized by a sharp metaphysical division between souls (possessing secondary qualities) and bodies (possessing primary qualities).
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimBaruch Spinoza (1632–1677) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) proposed panpsychist views as an attempt to provide a more unified picture of nature in opposition to the dualism of Galileo and Descartes.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimThe modern mechanistic worldview, inaugurated by Galileo, Descartes, and Newton, established a separation between matter and mind that transformed a conceptual distinction into an ontological gulf.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimGalileo, Descartes, and Newton inaugurated a mechanistic worldview that placed the mind-body problem at the center of philosophical inquiry while simultaneously marginalizing it.