3.4.2 Descartes Indivisibility arguement for substance dualism

Question 1

What is Liebniz’s law of identicals?

Answer 1

for A and B to be the same thing, A and B must have all the same properties. If 2 things have different properties, they cannot be the same things.

Question 2

What are some properties of the mind/mental substances?

Answer 2

non-physical
non-extended
invisible
intangible
indivisible

Question 3

What are some properties of the body/physical substances?

Answer 3

physical
extended
visible
tangible
divisible

Question 4

[Descartes Indivisibility arguement]

Answer 4

P1: My mind is indivisible
P2: My body is divisible
C: My mind is not identical to my body