Descartes Flashcards
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Descartes
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Questioned all we know. I think therefore I am. Dualism; body and immaterial soul. Rationalist
2
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Perfect circle metaphore
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We’ve been created by something greater (God) he wouldn’t fool us so world we see exists.
3
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Mind-body problem
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What is the relationship between mind and body? Body is a machine, how does the mind communicate to the immaterial. It violates the law of conservation of energy.
4
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Mechanistic world view
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World view according to which everything in the material universe can be understood as a complicated machine. Things don’t have goals (which is Aristotle’s view)
