Descartes Indivisibility Argument For Mind/Body Dualism

I will analyze Descartes’ Indivisibility Argument for Mind/Body Dualism. Descartes’ argument is deductively valid and deductively sound since all premises support the conclusion therefor all of the premises are true. I validate Descartes’ Indivisibility Argument for Mind/Body Dualism by using each premise in the argument and how each premise is a strong back bone why the conclusion is true. Also having awareness of the other side of the argument and using strong counter arguments to build up an influential and powerful argument from my view of things. Thru out the essay will clarify each premise on how the premise support the truth of the conclusion. Also using evidence to explain why some of the premises are actually true and why this argument …show more content…
A deductive argument is sound if and only if it is both valid, and all of its premises are actually true. Otherwise, a deductive argument is unsound. Premise one “my mind is not spatially divisible” is true because you cannot have two thought processes at the same time. For example, you can’t think about being at home and also living like a million dollar in The Bahamas the mind can only have one thought at a time. The second premise “my body is spatially divisible” is true because body parts can be in different places at the same time. Like I stated before how multiple fingers can in different places and same for your toes. Premise three “the parts of my body, including my brain, are spatially divisible” is true because the brain can in different places like the body can. For example, the frontal lobe is in the front of the brain and the occipital lobe is in brain, but the brain is in different places and have different jobs and the same for the body you have a left leg and a right both is a part of your body, but in different places. The forth premise “identical entities have identical attributes” is true also because each part of your body has spatially divisible attribute. Therefore if one part of your body is spatially divisible then the other part of your body has to be spatially divisible you can have two arms, but it is impossible for both of the arms to be the same. Now the conclusion “my mind is not identical with my body, and my mind is not identical with any part of my body, including my brain” is proven to be true because all of the premise are true. The conclusion basically states that the mind and body is impossible to be identical and have identical attributes because the body is physical and the mind is not physical. To make clearer, the thought inside of your mind is untouchable unlike different parts of your body. Parts of your body such as finger can