PHLB81H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cogito Ergo Sum, Evil Demon, Pineal Gland
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Dualism: descartes mediations ii & iv and the passions of the soul . Descartes, it"s a non-physical thing! we have minds yes! It"s complicated there is a relationship but it"s not what you think it is. Cogito ergo sum i think therefore i am . The mind is not the brain; the brain is physical and the mind is not a physical thing (it made up of mind stuff) Dualism: stupid stomach, why are you doing this to me? , stupid head, why do you hurt so much? , stupid body, why are you so hungover? , stupid brain, why can"t you concentrate? . We sometimes view ourselves as something more than a physical; we are trapped in a physical body but we are something else (soul, mind); we are something more than just a physical body. A thing that think (not a physical thing, but a thinking thing) It"s related to the mind in a certain kind of way.
