Dualism In this paper I will be discussing the philosophical perspective of Cartesian Dualism. To draw upon reliable sources my information will be base from the textbooks Doing Philosophy as well as the “Unfortunate Dualist” found in the anthology Mind’s I. I will make an attempt to show that Smullyan’s theories based on anti-dualism do not hold weight in modern philosophy During the period when Descartes was alive, religion was a major part …showed first 75 words of 1302 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1302 total…that our body is functioning on neurons firing constantly is a safe bet because it is a proven scientific fact, but it is hard to imagine that the complex thoughts and memories that go through my head are electrodes. Rather the dualist would state that those complex thoughts and memories are intangible and no scientific theory could prove, for example a CAT Scan can only show the brain and not the memories inside of it.