1. The Mind and Body Issue
Descartes' division between mind and body, on the one hand, might seem to have value. ... We have a self-consciousness that lets us know God, as Descartes proves. ... Therefore, Descartes may be right to divide these phenomena. ... So, Descartes would seem to be collapsing the dualism himself because the gland draws upon both substances, both mind and body; it is neither one nor the other for Descartes. ... Is Descartes conceding that a part of the mind has a physical dimension? ...
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