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Rene Descartes 1596-1650 Rene Descartes 1596-1650

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Historical Solutions to Mind-bodyProblem:1. Arnold Geulincx argued for <strong>Descartes</strong>’ strict dualism,denying that there is any interaction between mind andbody in view of being two separate substances. Whileaffirming the idea that when I decide or will to move myfinger, it actually moves, he contends that my will didnot cause my arm to move. Instead, there are twoparallel series of acts going on simultaneously, onephysical and the other mental. When I will my finger tomove, on that occasion God moves it, and thus, createsan action parallel to my thought. It very well could bethat God willed this parallelism from beginning of time.154

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