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Cartesianism

Cartesianism  

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Philosophy
The philosophical principles embodied in the teaching of R. Descartes.
dualism

dualism  

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Religion
1 A metaphysical system which holds that good and evil are the product of separate and equally ultimate first causes.2 The view that in the Incarnate Christ there were not merely two natures but two ...
ghost in the machine

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Geoffrey Warnock

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)

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2005
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Philosophy
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Gilbert Ryle in his book The Concept of Mind held that the ‘Cartesian’ tradition represents the human body as a purely physical thing (the machine), and the human ...

mentality

mentality  

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Philosophy
The possession of a mind, or the kind of mind possessed.
philosophy of mind

philosophy of mind  

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The philosophy of mind seeks to answer such questions as: is mind distinct from matter? Can we define what it is to be conscious, and can we give principled reasons for deciding whether other ...

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