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How Descartes Divided Mental from Physical

How can you know with absolute certainty that you exist? Rene Descartes famously answered: "I think; therefore I am." He also suggested a complete split between the mind and the physical body. The vast and sharply divided responses to Descartes' dualism still influence the ways in which we address the mind-body problem today....

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  • Originally Aired January 2, 2017
  • Runtime 31 minutes
  • Created May 10, 2023 by
    Runnerwolf
  • Modified July 28, 2025 by
    jimmygle