mind-body dualism
- Mind–body dualism is closely associated with the thought of René Descartes (1641) (Substance dualism, or Cartesian dualism): the mind is a nonphysical—and therefore, non-spatial—substance. Descartes clearly identified the mind with consciousness and self-awareness and distinguished this from the brain as the seat of intelligence ... philosophy states that the mental can exist outside of the body, and the body cannot think
- body mind experience and descartes