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1. Abstraction and the real distinction between mind and body

Author

Thomas, Bruce M.

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Abstraction -- Analysis, Mind and body -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Philosophy and religion
Abstract

Philosophers have squabbled endlessly over Rene Descartes' assertion that the mind is distinct from the body. In support of Descartes' assertion, an epistemic standard is extrapolated from his 'Fourth Set of Replies,' which allows inferences from de re conceivability claims to de re modal claims, without transgressing the norm that governs abstraction. This epistemic standard respects both the presupposition relations and the superordination relations inherent within the idea of a unified mind and body.

Published
1995

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