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In philosophy, the Cartesian Self, or Cartesian subject, a concept developed by the philosopher René Descartes within his system of mind–body dualism, is the term provided[citation needed] for a separation between mind and body as posited by Descartes. In the simple view the self can be viewed as just the mind which is separate from the body as well as from the outside world. The simple self, the mind, also stands to be capable of thinking about itself and its existence.[1] The self when seen as a compound is when it can be interpreted as being a whole human being - body and mind - with the body being an extension of the mind.[1] It is distinct from the Cartesian other, anything other than the Cartesian self, yet the human-being version, union of body and mind, of the self is capable of interaction with the Cartesian Other through extension. According to Descartes, there is a divide intrinsic to consciousness such that one Individual's self is the only thing one can know to certainly exist - since one is not capable of knowing whether other minds exist or are able to think.[2]
The phrase "Cartesian Self" is a term coined[citation needed] retrospectively in response to Descartes' actual analysis of Mind-Body dualism and is never actually used by him in his own writings.
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^Shapiro, Lisa (2013). "Cartesian selves". In Detlefsen, Karen (ed.). Descartes' Meditations: A Critical Guide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 227. ISBN 9780521111607. [...] it is not clear how one thinking substance can even recognize that there is any other thinking substance out there.
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