Do you support the idea of an immaterial soul that is also immortal? Why or why not? Does Descartes’ conclusion shed any light on the matter?

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The mind-body problem is an ongoing problem in the philosophy of mind (Links to an external site.) and in metaphysics (Links to an external site.), concerning the nature of the relationship between the mind, or consciousness, and the physical world.
The mind-body problems asks a number of questions: Are the mind and body separate substances or elements of the same substance? What is their relationship to each other? What is consciousness? And how can consciousness arise out of ordinary matter?

There are a number of responses to the mind-body problem, though none have universal acceptance. A few of these positions are outlined below:

Dualism (Links to an external site.), the position that the mind is essentially not physical, and exists separately from the body. (Links to an ex
Monism (Links to an external site.), the position that the mind and body are not fundamentally separate. (Links to an externa
Long before Descartes, the mind-body problem was addressed in antiquity, and can be seen in the works of Plato, who believed that the material body dies but the soul/mind was immaterial/ immortal. Aristotle, disagreed with Plato and believed that mind/body/soul were one and that the soul could not exist without a body. (monism) The modern formulation of ‘Dualism’ is credited to René Descartes (Links to an external site.), who also presents a ‘dualist’ response: I can doubt that I have a body but not a mind; “I think, therefore I am!”

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