"I think therefore I am" / Cogito Ergo SumFollowing up on our conversation in class, here are some links to information about the philosopher Rene Descartes, whose writings had an enormous impact on Modern Western Philosophy, and the ideas of the Cartesian Divide/Dualism/Mind-Body Problem. Perhaps a bit hard to grasp, but essential to know about, since some would argue that our culture (the way we think about things, what we value, etc.) has been deeply structured by his ideas, and by those philosophers that follow in his path. His work is particularly relevant to our conversations in class about the body.
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