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    It is not the case that Descartes' argument for mind-body distinction is fallacious and inconclusive

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    • 1.Descartes argues that because he can doubt the existence of matter but cannot doubt his own existence as a thinking thing, mind and matter are distinct
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    • 2.The ability to doubt the existence of something does not establish that it is distinct from something else one cannot doubt
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    • 3.Descartes has not ruled out the possibility that he, as a thinking thing, is in fact a complex material system
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