Cartesian dualism

Impulseを読んでいます。
Free Will Is a Grand Illusionの項からの引用です。
There is no 'me' in 'my'. Cartesian dualism has been laid to rest. 'Minds,' in the words of Marvin Minsky, 'are what brains do.'
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'Most scientists claim to be materialists. That is, they don't believe that mind is separate from body, and firmly reject Cartesian dualism.
"Cartesian dualism" の "dualism" の意味は二元性あるいは二重性、ここでは心と身体を指していることは分かりますが、"Cartesian" は聞き慣れない名前なので辞書を見ます。 Wikipedia
Cartesian means of or relating to the French philosopher Rene Descartes--from his Latinized name Cartesius.
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This philosophy states that the mental can exist outside of the body, and the body cannot think.
デカルトならかの有名な哲学者ですね。これでImpulseを読み終えました。