Author(s)

Ruoyun Gao

Corresponding Author

Ruoyun Gao

Abstract

Descartes's dualism contains a new idea that spirit can be distinguished from matter. But if we uphold the view that spirit, the mind and matter are completely isolated, and it is difficult for us to explain in conjunction with the interaction of mind and body. After another angle analysis of its theory, we found out that the blame for Descartes in fact not true, because as a spiritual entity, it does not necessarily mean physical entity separate from each other, there is no relationship. Here, "independence from one another" should not be understood as "isolated from one another."

Keywords

Descartes, the mind, the body, the relationship between mind and matter, entity