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This 5
page report discusses Rene Descartes’ Sixth Meditation, which is titled “Of the Existence
of Things Material, and of the Real Distinction Between the Mind and Body of Man,”
Descartes addresses the distinctions that exist between the human mind and the human
body. “Cartesian dualism” is the title given to the interaction that exists between the
“separate” entities of mind and body. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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to the 18th-century French Enlightenment originated as a part of "Cartesianism," or the philosophy and mathematical ideas and methods developed by 17th-century philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650). While he is most
famous for his cognito "I think, therefore I am" (the phrase that will most often allow a student to readily identify Descartes), that proclamation is less than an accurate or
meaningful statement as it relates to the reality of what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. It is also important
to recognize how skeptical Descartes was of all that which had been assumed to be knowledge and truth and, in fact, that he was often equally skeptical about his own
conjectures. The Sixth Meditation In his Sixth Meditation, which is titled "Of the Existence of Things Material, and of the Real Distinction Between the Mind and Body of Man,"
Descartes addresses the distinctions that exist between the human mind and the human body. "Cartesian dualism" is the title given to the interaction that exists between the "separate" entities of
mind and body. Descartes argues that the mind is transparent, which essentially negates the plausibility of the existence of unknown faculties. Furthermore, Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body
problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of human existence. He opens the meditation by stating that in terms of whether or not material things
actually exist "I at least know with certainty that such things may exist, in as far as they constitute the object of the pure mathematics, since, regarding them in this
aspect, I can conceive them clearly and distinctly" (VI: 1). Of course, his readers will understand such a simplistic statement. How do you know something exists? I can see it,
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