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    Descartes' own substance dualism entails that res cogitan... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The pineal gland is the principal seat of the rational soul and the place where all thoughts are formed.

    Descartes' own substance dualism entails that res cogitans has no spatial properties, making 'seat of the soul' a category error.

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    • 1.Descartes defines res cogitans by thought alone, explicitly excluding spatial extension as its defining property.
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    • 2.If res cogitans had spatial location, it would possess extension, contradicting its definition as non-extended substance.
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    • 3.Attributing spatial properties to non-spatial entities violates basic logical coherence about category membership.
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    • 1.Descartes himself posits causal interaction at the pineal gland, implying res cogitans must have some locatable point of contact.
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    • 2.'Seat of the soul' may denote causal nexus rather than literal spatial location, avoiding category error.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'having spatial properties' and 'being causally localized' remains philosophically coherent and separable.
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