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This paper takes an in-depth look at Monism and dualism, which are two answers to the mind-body problem that has been addressed by various philosophers through history. The paper defines Dualism as associated with Rene Descartes. It is the theory that the mind and the body, that mind and matter, are two distinct things. The paper contrasts this with monism, which sees the two as one, as manifestations of the same material existence.

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"Monism and dualism are two answers to the mind-body problem that has been addressed by various philosophers through history. Dualism is so associated with RenAfA(c) Descartes that it is usually referred to as Cartesian dualism. Dualism is the theory that the mind and the body, that mind and matter, are two distinct things, while monism sees the two as one, as manifestations of the same material existence. Descartes considered the issue of the location of the mind and found that the mind was separate from the body. He says that he is a subject of conscious thought and experience and thus cannot be nothing more than spatially extended matter. The mind, or the essential nature of the human being..."

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