During the classical and mediaeval periods, philosophers viewed the intellect as the aspect of the mind most resistant to materialistic accounts, whereas from the time of René Descartes onward, consciousness—specifically phenomenal consciousness or sensation—became the primary challenge to materialist monism.

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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• phenomenal consciousness concept
• René Descartes entity
• consciousness concept
• sensation concept