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Cartesian Dualism

Is the mind physical like the brain or mental secret that no one has the key to?
That is a question philosophers have been arguing about for years and for years to come. How do we know who or what has a mind? Is the mind and brain the same thing? Is behavior just a physical thing or is it caused by some sort of mental state? These questions along with many others will be covered in this intriguing topic. I will evaluate Cartesian Dualism and it's key elements for why Descartes believed in what he did, and will discus the objections to Cartesian Dualism and my reason for argument.
A philosopher named Descartes focused on a solution we use today called Cartesian Dualism also known as the mind/body problem. The mind/body problem states there are two types of things in this world. Physical and non physical. Descartes claims that the brain is a physical ,fleshy piece of matter unlike the mind, which is a mental non physical thing. However, he did believe that......

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