Cartesian dualism

Noun

Cartesian dualism (uncountable)

1. The form of substance dualism that further states immaterial substances are nonspatial.
   • Such difficulties with Cartesian dualism provide a motive for considering a less radical form of substance dualism, and that is what we find in a view I shall call popular dualism.1986, Paul M. Churchland, Matter and Consciousness, Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 9
   • One of the most serious problems faced by Cartesian dualism is that it makes the mind and the body so different that it becomes impossible to conceive how the one can have any effect on the other. This mind, not being in space, seems unable to get any leverage on physical things, so it becomes...2001, Stuart Brown, Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction with Readings, London; New York: Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 27
2. Synonym of substance dualism.
   • The Cartesian dualism is the crowning achievement of individual objectivity. It states the fundamental principles of the classical scientific method: that the scientist or observer is not included in the system he is observing; that his system of knowledge is related to the thinking individual ‘I’...1982, David Castillejo, The Formation of Modern Objectivity, Madrid: Ediciones de Arte y Bibliofilla, →ISBN, page 217
   • This conservative principle is associated with one of the most influential ideas in Western thought: Cartesian dualism, the doctrine I have labelled as diamond minds. Dualism is the philosopher René Descartes’ notion that selves are ‘thinking things’, mysterious entities on the (posh) incorporeal...2004, Kathleen Taylor, Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 116

   Synonyms:

   substance dualism