Rodriguez-Pereyra, Gonzalo. 2008. “Descartes’s Substance Dualism and His Independence Conception of Substance.” Journal of the History of Philosophy, Vol. 46, no. 1 (2008) 69-90.
In the presented article, Rodriguez-Pereyra argues that the independence conception of substance is crucial for the success of the separability argument. Rodriguez-Pereyra continued by breaking down the thesis into two aims: 1) Descartes’s independence conception is that a is a created or dependent substance if and only if God is the only other entity without which a cannot exist; 2) independence conception is that substance and attribute are not distinct entities. As reported by Rodriguez-Pereyra, a presentation of these arguments is essential for better understanding
In the presented article, Rodriguez-Pereyra argues that the independence conception of substance is crucial for the success of the separability argument. Rodriguez-Pereyra continued by breaking down the thesis into two aims: 1) Descartes’s independence conception is that a is a created or dependent substance if and only if God is the only other entity without which a cannot exist; 2) independence conception is that substance and attribute are not distinct entities. As reported by Rodriguez-Pereyra, a presentation of these arguments is essential for better understanding