In Descartes' Meditation II, his view is that everything that is extended in space exists, anything else does not. ... Descartes tried to connect the two by claiming the pineal gland is the point of contact between the bodily and spiritual realm. ... Rene Descartes was one philosopher that dealt with the mind-body problem. Descartes thought that the mind and body are two separate things. ... At one point Descartes cannot accept his own dualism. ...

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There are many different ideas about what death actually is and what, if anything occurs thereafter. religions in general tend to propose some form of afterlife. there are, in contrast, philosophers and scientists who propose that there is nothing beyond death. Religious ideas are often dualist, mea...

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Spinoza was a materialist philosopher, who rejected Descartes' dualism between body and soul, "I think therefore I am,"" and instead regarded all of nature, including mankind, as consisting of a single substance. ...

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