The foundation of Descartes argument is based on the first person narrative style of his Meditations on First Philosophy. ... As soon as Descartes creates the basis of his argument he can make more inferences as he moves on to different meditations. ... This is his first method of doubt. ...
The mind/body issue in philosophy asks many questions. At first, what are these things, these substances, that we call "mind and ˜body?" ... Still, as noted, many philosophies and religions attempt to answer the question of mind and body by simply subordinating one side to the other. ... In his Meditations, Descartes set out to prove that in fact he was a thinking thing, and this fact alone guaranteed his existence. ... Descartes, realizing the problems with his dualism, attempts to construct a link between the mind and body with reference to the pineal gland (Meditation VI), that which...
This proposition is a fundamental element in Western philosophy, as it is presupposed by all knowledge. Descartes' original phrase, je pense, donc je suis, which is first written in his Discourse on the Method. ... First of all, "Cogito ergo sum" has to be in first-person. ... Writing in third-person has already proved the existence of first-person, therefore, the third-person's existence is questionable. ... According to Descartes's meditation, "I have convinced myself that there is absolutely nothing in the world, no sky, no earth, no minds, no bodies....
Rene' Descartes, a French philosopher, mathematician and writer has been dubbed the father of modern and Western philosophy. ... Descartes understands the body as follows: " whatever can be determined by a certain shape, comprised in a certain location, whatever so fills a certain space as to exclude it from any other body, whatever can be apprehended by touch, sight, hearing, taste or smell and whatever can be moved in various ways " [Meditation II] For example, the material does have extension in space. ... First of all, how is it possible for the mind which does not possess any physica...
