It is my conclusion that dualism does not provide a satisfactory account of the nature of the mind, and I shall attempt to illustrate the major flaws in the argument for dualism as Descartes puts forward. As hinted to above, the argument for dualism is effectively put forward in Rene Descartes’ 2nd Meditation. To summarise it, Descartes line of argument begins with methodological doubt, a question of what he can be sure of in the …showed first 75 words of 1318 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1318 total…this argument for dualism there are, (namely Descartes’ intensional fallacy, the problems of characterization and interaction), I feel that dualism does not provide a satisfactory account of the nature of the mind. There are too many holes in the argument to make it sound, though that is not to say that it is entirely refutable. (There is some element of truth in everything, after all, we don’t want to be swimming in dead dogma.)