Cartesian Dualism

The inquisition and philosophies between the mind and body have been being discussed for hundreds of years. Whether or not we our minds have a practical influence on our body. Or human minds are of its own entity and contain a soul that constitutes how we act and function. Dualism constitutes that the mind and body are not identical and therefore the effect of one does not influence the other. Many philosophers believed in the concept of dualism. Many include Plato and his theory of forms.

In this paper I will prove the connection of the body and mind based on scientific research and philosophical inquiries. In science human minds and bodies are both connected and therefore work together in order to sustain survival. A prime example for

Rene Descartes argued that the human body and the mind are connected at the pineal gland. In modern science today we understand the penial gland controls the production of melatonin and allows us to maintain our sleep cycles. Although Descartes was incorrect about the penial gland his thoughts of the interaction between the mind and the body were somewhat correct. Descartes believed that thinking and that our minds were constituted by a physical property. That human bodies fell under the laws of physics and nature but our minds could think and predict, but not without the connection to our bodies (Robinson). Cartesian dualism allows the existence of souls in our body like the in a car the soul being the driver and the car being our body. Descartes incorporated religion into his views but the soul is actually just the concept of our minds. Our soul is neither created nor destroyed, that human beings are just composed of the many firing neurons in the brain that constitutes personality, behaviors, and

In cases that involve people who have been blind for several years and are offered the opportunity to regain their vision: there adjustment to seeing is quite difficult. For a man who has been blind for almost his entire life his reality was formed based a sounds and tastes from his surrounding environment. His mind was formed to the belief that everything was just darkness and his body adjusted to his surroundings. When one loses the senses the others senses seem to be enhanced and able to function faster and more efficient. So when the body has been injured and therefore left a man’s vision impaired. The mind changed and somewhat evolved to create a better chance for his survival in the world. Scientists see this in animals as well. Many animals like bats, whales, and the mole all have different senses that their minds have evolved for them in order to better their chance in survival. The mind is a tool is just another organ in the body that’s only purpose is to greater increase the survival of the