René Descartes was a substance dualist who believed in two distinct kinds of substance: matter, which is defined by spatial extension, and mind, which is defined by the property of thinking.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

Sources

• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• mind concept
• matter concept
• substance dualism concept
• René Descartes entity
• thinking concept