A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
A Sound Cartesian Argument from Doubt for Dualism
Authors: Maunu Ari
Publisher: Routledge
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Inquiry
Volume: 61
Issue: 4
First page : 461
Last page: 465
Number of pages: 5
ISSN: 0020-174X
eISSN: 1502-3923
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2016.1210020
I put forward a version of the Cartesian Argument from
Doubt for mind-body dualism. My version utilizes de re statements, which means
that it is not vulnerable to the usual charge of intensional fallacy. The key
de re statement is, “Body is such that its existence is entailed by Mind’s
believing that Body does not exist”, which is false, whereas the respective
“Mind is such that its existence is entailed by Mind’s believing that Body does
not exist” is true.
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