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René Descartes is fundamentally linked to the mind-body problem as he is credited with originating the modern version of the issue through his interactionist ontological dualism [1] and his problematization of the mind's relation to reality [2]. Furthermore, he is recognized as a key figure whose mechanistic worldview helped place this problem at the center of modern philosophical inquiry [3].
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 2 facts
claimThe modern mind-body problem originates from René Descartes’s interactionist ontological dualism and the mechanistic worldview of his time.
claimThe mind-body problem became the central question of epistemology and modern philosophy due to the problematization of the mind and its relation to reality by René Descartes, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant.
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.