René Descartes ↔ dualism

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René Descartes is widely recognized as the primary proponent of substance dualism, a philosophical position asserting that the mental and physical are fundamentally distinct substances as described in [1] and [2]. His specific formulation of mind-body dualism is a central subject of philosophical inquiry, as noted in [3], [4], and [5].

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Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2 facts

referenceThe Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Panpsychism lists related entries including George Berkeley, consciousness, René Descartes, dualism, emergent properties, epiphenomenalism, Charles Hartshorne, William James, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, mereology, monism, neutral monism, pantheism, physicalism, qualia, quantum theory and consciousness, Josiah Royce, Baruch Spinoza, Alfred North Whitehead, and Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt.

claimRené Descartes proposed dualism of mind and body as a way to remove the mind from the scientific picture of the world.

Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 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.

4.5 Consciousness – Cognitive Psychology nmoer.pressbooks.pub Pressbooks 1 fact

claimRene Descartes proposed dualism, a position asserting that the mental and the physical are fundamentally different substances.

Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimRené Descartes's dualism of mind and body was motivated by the desire to remove the mind from the scientific picture of the world.

Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

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).

Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 1 fact

claimSubstance dualism, the traditional version of dualism defended by René Descartes, regards the mental and the physical as two different fundamental substances or kinds of stuff.

Mind and Consciousness - St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology saet.ac.uk St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology 1 fact

claimThe term 'dualism' was first introduced in the nineteenth century to describe Zoroastrianism, meaning that historical figures such as Plato, Augustine, and Descartes did not describe themselves as 'dualists'.

Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

procedureThe modal argument for dualism, which has roots in Descartes' Meditation VI, proceeds as follows: (1) It is imaginable that one's mind might exist without one's body; (2) It is conceivable that one's mind might exist without one's body; (3) It is possible one's mind might exist without one's body; (4) Therefore, one's mind is a different entity from one's body.