The 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.

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

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

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