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Descartes is often called the father of modern philosophy. One reason for this nomenclature is that he set many of the epistemological problems which subsequent philosophers have since been trying to solve. One such problem which he fathered, or at least crystallized as no one else had done, is that of the nature of the human mind and its relation to the body.
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Hugh R. King, “Professor Ryle and The Concept of Mind”, Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 48 (1951), pp. 280–96.
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Ornstein, J.H. (1972). Descartes—The Mind and the Body. In: The Mind and the Brain. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2843-1_2
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