Dualism
René Descartes - the concept that the physical immaterial mind and the material body are ontologically divided and yet still interact
res extensa : a material substance -
res cogitans : immaterial, a thinking thing (as the mind or soul)
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Dualism
René Descartes - the concept that the physical immaterial mind and the material body are ontologically divided and yet still interact
res extensa : a material substance -
res cogitans : immaterial, a thinking thing (as the mind or soul)
(CongaRecords)
Ma che ne so io di questa materia
Io non sono, dunque, per parlar con precisione, se non una cosa che pensa, e cioè uno spirito, un intelletto o una ragione.
Descartes
Offending people like: 'you res cogitans' Little do they know 😉
Non dovremmo accettare mai niente per vero se non è chiaro alla nostra mente.
Elisa Priano
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Ed io che mi perdo nel darti un destino che possa farmi meno male. Io che mi ancoro in una tua qualsisi idea che ci riavvicinerebbe. Io che ti insigno dei miei tormenti per poi accorgermi che sono l'acqua che si asciuga sul tuo viso, gli ultimi vagiti di una preda. Io che ho dovuto rispondere ai principi cartesiani della res cogitans per liberarmi di un corpo che tuttavia risponde somaticamete al vile silenzio della consapevolezza.
Now we finally get to the nature of the "I." It is "A thing that thinks" (res cogitans). The thinking that characterizes the mind is broken down into a number of functions. The first group of functions is based on the carrying out of the activity of doubt. (Compare Augustine, On the Trinity, 14, on this point.). Understanding Affirming Denying Desiring Wishing So long as he follows his own method, Descartes cannot doubt that he is engaged in these various activities. The other two functions are not required for the purposes of systematic doubt. They are imagining and sensing (even against one's will). Imagining is the formation of mental images. Sensing is noticing "many things that appear to come from the senses." Both of these activities can occur whether or not one has a body (or so Descartes claims). As for sensing, this would involve seeming to see, to feel, to hear, etc., which can take place even in a dream.