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Descartes Mind-Body Dualism

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One of the deepest and most lasting legacies of Descartes Philosophy is his thesis that mind and body are really distinct, a thesis now called "mind-body dualism." Descartes believe that your mind is one thing and your body is another. The body is external and minds are internal, they do not need the other to function, they are able to function independently. While our mind is active our bodies react to what it is being told.
I kind of agree with Descartes, I agree because the mind and body are able to function without each other. However Descartes also believed that the mind and body were somewhat intertwined. There is a big difference between the mind and the body, the body is divisible, while the mind is completely indivisible. Descartes
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