History of Philosophy in the 17th & 18th Centuries

Descartes 3: Seminar

Descartes' concept of Mind

Do you agree? :-

1. We know our own minds better than anything else.

2. The mind is a parallel reality.

3. Mental decisions cause physical actions.

4. We have an innate idea of contactless influence.

From Brendon Wilson, Simply Philosophy, Edinburgh, 2002, EUP

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