Examples Of Descartes Mind-Body Dualism

Descartes argues in “Meditation VI” that he can exist without his body. What is his argument for this? Can you similarly imagine existing without a body? If so how? If not why not? Discuss. The concern of the following paper is on the most significant premises found in Cartesian dualism, namely the mind-body dualism. Proposed initialy by French philosopher-mathematician Rene Descartes, the claim for an independent relationship between the existence of intelligable and corporeal things has developed into an important line of divergence even among the contemporary philosophers. Remaining as one of the most significant puzzles in the history of philosophy, Cartesian argument on the mind-body problem (as evident on Meditation VI: Concerning the Existence of Material Things, and the Real Distinction between Mind and Body) uses a series of premises that should be traced back to Descartes’ previous meditations.
This claim for such distinction which takes regards both as valid premises- especially of the externalities- is a primary concern for the Meditation VI in which Descartes seems to place sensory experience in the core of his the