A famous French philosopher Rene Descartes was born in 1596 and died in 1650. He lived in a time where many traditional beliefs were being questioned. He argued the view known as “mind-body dualism”. The term “dualistic” applies to a view where two fundamentally kinds of things exist. The main argument proposed by Descartes, was that mind and matter are two completely different types of things. Matter is generally referred to as a physical substance that occupies some form of space. In this case, he associated the brain with matter. Within this in mind, Descartes argued the brain, being a physical thing made of matter, and our conscious minds are entirely different. He proved the solution to the mind-body problem. Descartes argued that, as
