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Descartes: Criteria of Truth

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Criteria of Truth

  • According to Descartes, an idea must be present to the mind, it must be open to the mind, and the mind must also attend to it. So, clearness and distinctness are the two criterions of truth.
  • Descartes uses these two because he believed that an idea must be clearly given meaning the mind must include in it that content which is integral and complete in relation to mind՚s interpretation of it and it must n…

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Descartes: Cartesian Dualism, Interactionism

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Cartesian Dualism

The Cartesian Dualism
  • According to Descartes, consciousness and extension are independent of each other. He says, in-order to know consciousness, one need not refer to extension. Similarly, in-order to know extension, one need not refer to consciousness.
  • So, consciousness or mind and extension or body are independent of one another. So, they are two independent substances. This dualism of m…

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