The Conarium: Where Mind Meets Body in Descartes’ Theory
Introduction and Definition of the Conarium The term conarium refers, within the specific context of the philosophical theories of René Descartes (1596–1650), to the precise anatomical locus designated as the interface between the non-physical substance of the mind (res cogitans) and the extended substance of the body (res extensa). Descartes posited that this critical point […]