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The most obvious result of Descartes distinguishing the mind from the body is?
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the immortality of the soul can be explained
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Who suggested that animal spirits flow through the nerves so as to produce movements of the body?
Rene Descartes
According to Descartes the site in the brain at which the mind and body interact is the?
The pineal gland. Descartes had a lot of funny ideas about the pineal gland. The pineal gland, which is an endocrine gland, secretes melatonin, a regulatory hormone that is responsible for the sleep-wake cycle (circadian rhythm). http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pineal-gland/
What did Rene descartes contribute to psychology?
By separating science from religion, Descartes allowed scientists to focus on their work without fear of a heresy trial. This theory has impacted psychology placed the study of the mind outside the realm of science and made it either be approached in a purely mechanical view of behavior or include the subject to be studied but not under science.
How does rainy weather effect people?
as disease caused eue to mosquetose.malaria,dengi fever. And suden change in the atmospere result in the change in human body.
Why does sugar make you crazy?
Sugar doesn't make you crazy. What it does is enable the body to release a lot of energy quickly. This can be very unsettling, and can result in excitable behaviour in those with poor self control, which is why the idea of a 'sugar high' is associated with children.
Did descartes believe that the mind and body were linked together?
Descartes believed that the nature of the mind was completely separate from the nature of the body. This concept formed the dualism philosophy.
What were hera distinguishing features?
Beautiful body
Why is descartes certain the mind and body cannot be parts of the same entity?
Descartes is certain that the mind and body cannot be parts of the same entity because of different functionality.
How did spinoza solve descartes' problem of the interaction of mind and body?
Unlike Descartes, Spinoza believed that the mind was an extension of the body, and vice versa. He thought that there was only one type of substance, a divine substance, of which the mind and body were part. As one thing, the mind and body could interact in harmony, not the discord Descartes was concerned with.
Was René Descartes a dualist?
This is a math category and Rene Descartes is a Philosopher... And yes, he is a dualist. Most famously for the mind/body problem...
Which philosopher rejected the idea that the mind is seperable from the body?
Descartes
What is Rene Descartes compromise?
his certainty of his mind rather than body
What did René Descartes develop?
cartesian or duality of the mind/ body theory.
Who is the philosopher credited with creating the dualistic split between mind and body?
Descartes
Which philosopher most clearly regected the idea that the mind is separable from the body?
descartes
Who emphasized that mental process could exist independently of physical states or the body?
Descartes
Who is the earlt french philosopher who believe that mind and body are 2 separate entities?
Descartes
