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The Mind/Body Problem

In Our Time: Philosophy

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What Is This Thing That I Am?

Descartes, the father of modern philosophy, brought attention to the central problem of what can be known with certainty. He cut through jargon and focused on the existence of the thinking self as something that cannot be doubted. This argument strengthened the idea that the mind is fundamentally different from the physical world.

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